This document provides instructions for conducting a mail merge activity in Microsoft Word. Students are instructed to create a template letter document and save it. They are then told to use a data file containing fields like name, deposit amount, course name, etc. to automatically generate customized letters for each student by replacing placeholders in the template with the corresponding data field values. The mail merge allows efficiently creating multiple personalized letters in an automated way.
This document provides instructions for conducting a mail merge activity in Microsoft Word. Students are instructed to create a template letter document and save it. They are then told to use a data file containing fields like name, deposit amount, course name, etc. to automatically generate customized letters for each student by replacing placeholders in the template with the corresponding data field values. The mail merge allows efficiently creating multiple personalized letters in an automated way.
This document provides instructions for conducting a mail merge activity in Microsoft Word. Students are instructed to create a template letter document and save it. They are then told to use a data file containing fields like name, deposit amount, course name, etc. to automatically generate customized letters for each student by replacing placeholders in the template with the corresponding data field values. The mail merge allows efficiently creating multiple personalized letters in an automated way.
1. Type the following in a word document. Save the document as letter.
Binns Business College
King Street Spanish Town
Dear FNAME SNAME
Thank you for your recent deposit of DEPOSITPAID to confirm your place on the COURSE course to take place on DATE. Please can you ensure that the balance of BALANCE for the course is paid by the FINALPAYMENT upon receipt of this payment you will then be forwarded all the details for the course including materials and times. We look forward to seeing you on the DATE. Yours sincerely
Your name 2. Use the data below to create customized letters for each students by replacing the capitalized words with the fields. Save the data file as list.