FUNDAMENTALS OF COMPUTER

USING MICROSOFT WORD

HOW TO USE MAIL MERGE IN MICROSOFT WORD

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Data Source can be created with Microsoft Word.
A
True
B
False
C
Either A or B
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Go to Mailings > Select Recipients > Use an Existing List, then choose New Source to open the Data Connection Wizard. Choose the type of data source you want to use for the mail merge, and then select Next. Follow the prompts in the Data Connection Wizard to complete the data connection to the merge document.

Detailed explanation-2: -They can come from programs like MS Access, FileMaker Pro, etc. In theory, any Open Database Connectivity (ODBC) database can be used as a data source. They can also be created in spreadsheets from Excel, Quattro Pro, or any other similar program. The data source can even be a simple table in a word processor document.

Detailed explanation-3: -Ans: data source contains address of the recipients, it is associated with the main document, so that its field names can be used in the main document, and it becomes easy to merge address with the main document.

Detailed explanation-4: -The mail merge process involves taking information from one document, known as the data source, combining with another document known as the main document. The data source is a document, spreadsheet or database that contains personalized information such as names, addresses, and phone numbers.

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