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Kassie
 
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Default automate entries into document from a excel database

Set up a database of customer info, something like Col A: Company; Col B:
Address1; Col C: Address2; Col D: City; Col E:County; Col F Zip Code; etc etc
etc
Sort this sheet alphabetically on col A.

For Labels, do a mail merge to Word
For addresses on forms etc, use a VLOOKUP formula, to extract ther data from
the database. Iow, if you enter the company name in say B5, then in B6,
enter a formula such as =VLOOKUP(B5,LISTING,2,FALSE) to get the first address
line. If you also use IF statements, you can get it pretty neat, and able to
cater for virtually any eventuality.

"Designer Lady" wrote:

Need help setting up customer info database using Excel and be able to
automate data info into various documents (i.e., proposals, letters,
statements, mailing labels, etc. Would be much easier not to have to type
everything each time. Thanks so much