LESSON 09: Mail Merge
LEARNING OUTCOMES: 1.State the usage of mail merge. 2.Create a mail merge document. 3.Save the document.
At the end of this lesson, students should be able to: –Create a mail merge document and save the document. –Create data source in Excel –Set up main document –Open data source –Insert merge fields –Merge to new document –Save the document
Activity 1: Create “Enrolment Form” documentActivity 1 Activity 2: Open Mail merge wizardActivity 2 Activity 3: Insert DataActivity 3 Activity 4: Save dataActivity 4 Activity 5: Change Field NamesActivity 5 Activity 6: Merge data in the formActivity 6 Activity 7: Print Mail MergeActivity 7 : Activities Menu (Click on the menu to run the activity.)
Activity 1Activity 1: Create “Enrolment Form“ document
Activity 2Activity 2: Open Mail Merge Wizard
1. Open a New Microsoft Document
2. Click Tools from the Menu Bar. 3. Select Letters and Mailings from the drop down menu.
4. Another menu will open. 5. Click Mail Merge. The Mail Merge task pane will be opened.
6. Click Directory. 7. Click Next Starting document. Directory Next : Starting document
8. Click Next: Select recipients. Next: Select recipients
9. Click Type a new list. 10. Click Create. Type a new list Create
Activity 3 : Insert Data
1.Clicking Create will open the New Address List dialog box.
2. Insert data in certain sections : i. Title Azman Bin Mohamad ii. In section First Name, type-in 1 Amanah iii. In section Last Name, type-in iv. In section Company Name, type-in 13 v. In section Address Line 1, type-in 03 September 1990
2. Insert data in certain sections (continuation) : vi. In section Address Line 2, type-in 21 Jalan Besar, Klang, Selangor vii. In section City, type-in Mohamad Bin Basri viii. In section State, type-in ix. In section ZIP Code, type-in Bahasa Melayu x. In section Country, type-in Hand Ball.
3. Click New Entry New Entry
4.The next dialog box will appear. 5. Click Close. Close Button
Activity 4: Save Data
ii. Save.i. Type Data 1.Type-in Data in the File name section : 2.Click Save. ii. Save. Type DataSave
Activity 5: Change Field Names
The next dialog box will appear. 1.Click Edit. Edit
2. Click Customize. Customize.
3.Click Rename. 4.Type-in Name at the Rename Field Toolbox. 5.Click OK. Rename Type-in Name at this section OK
6. Click First Name. 7. Click Rename. First Name Rename First Name Rename First Name Rename
8. Click OK. OK
9. Repeat the above steps to change the next section. Last Name to IC No Company Name to Age Address Line 1 to Date of birth Address Line 2 to Address City to Parents Name State to Telephone No Zip code to Society Country to Club
10. The next outcome will appear. Click OK. OK
11. Click New Entry. New Entry
12. Click Close. Close
13. Click OK at Mail Merge Recipients Toolbox.
Activity 6 Merge data in the form
1. Click Next Arrange your directory. Next : Arrange your directory
2. Ensure the cursor is placed at the Name section in the form Place the cursor here
3. Click More Items. More items.
4. The next dialog box will appear. Click Name from the list. Click Insert. Insert button
5. Click Close Close
This particular part will appear
6. Place cursor at the form section form section
More items 7. Click More items in Mail Merge Task Pane.
8. Click Form. Form 9. Click insert. Insert
9. Click Close. Close
10. Ensure the cursor is placed at the IC No section in the form. 11. Repeat step 3 until 5 to insert other fields: IC No Age Date of Birth Address Parent’s Name Telephone Number Society Club
12. The next outcome will appear.
13. Click Next : Preview your directory. Next: Preview your directory
14. The next outcome will appear :
15. Click Next to complete the merge. Next: Complete the merge
16. The next dialog box will appear. Click To New Document
17. Click OK. OK
18. The Enrolment Form will appear as below.
Activity 7: Print Mail Merge
1. Click icon open data source. open data source button
2. Click Data file. Then click open. Data file open.
3. Merge to printer. Merge to printer button
4. Click OK at Merge To Printer dialog box. OK
5. Click OK to complete printing. OK