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Database MS AccessMail Merging Microsoft Access Data with a Word Document
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Published: 5th Apr 2006 |
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We can use Microsoft Access data as the data source for a Microsoft
Word Mail Merge document. The Access data can be used in exactly the
way needed to create a personalised letter in Word. Often your database
is going to be storing specific types of information; many times this
information is going to be related to personal data such as names, addresses
and other contact type information. If, for example, your personnel
department were wanting to mail out information to each employee, they
could print out information showing the employees names and addresses,
and then re-key this information into a Microsoft Word document with
the text of the letter. This approach would be extremely tedious and
time consuming, but would get the job done. However, Microsoft Access
contains Office Links, with a much easier way of merging Microsoft Access
data with Microsoft Word - one that eliminates the unnecessary retyping
of the information.....
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