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Using Access Data in a Mail Merge

Word and Publisher both have mail merge capabilities that work in similar ways. When you couple a mail merge with an Access database, you can create a highly selective mail merge much more easily than you could if you tried to do a selective mail merge directly in Word or Publisher.

Create a Mail Merge Using Access Data

1. In Access, create and save a query that displays only the records you want to use, and then close Access.

2. In Word or Publisher, create the document or the publication that you’ll use for your mail merge. ...