I want to know if something is possible. Presently have excel spreadsheet
table containing a number of referenced records (at present 700) as below

|Ref|Date|Name|etc.....


Want to know if there is a way to do a kind of merge to a standard letter of
the data but only on a case by case basis rather than merging the whole
datasource into word. My ideal solutions would be something where you
highlight the row and press a button and hey presto. Problem is dont know if
can be done or how to go about.

Another reason i dont want to mail merge is due to lack of computer skills
of others that will be using it and trying to navigate to the correct ref.


Thanks
Adrian Harding

Yes you can select individual "records".

Adrian Harding wrote:

I want to know if something is possible. Presently have excel
spreadsheet table containing a number of referenced records (at present
700) as below

|Ref|Date|Name|etc.....


Want to know if there is a way to do a kind of merge to a standard
letter of the data but only on a case by case basis rather than merging
the whole datasource into word. My ideal solutions would be something
where you highlight the row and press a button and hey presto. Problem
is dont know if can be done or how to go about.

Another reason i dont want to mail merge is due to lack of computer
skills of others that will be using it and trying to navigate to the
correct ref.


Thanks
Adrian Harding

Have a look at John Walkenbach's "mail merge without Word"

http://www.j-walk.com/ss/excel/tips/tip92.htm

Might do what you want.


Gord Dibben MS Excel MVP

On Wed, 7 Nov 2007 19:47:40 -0000, "Adrian Harding"
wrote:

I want to know if something is possible. Presently have excel spreadsheet
table containing a number of referenced records (at present 700) as below

|Ref|Date|Name|etc.....


Want to know if there is a way to do a kind of merge to a standard letter of
the data but only on a case by case basis rather than merging the whole
datasource into word. My ideal solutions would be something where you
highlight the row and press a button and hey presto. Problem is dont know if
can be done or how to go about.

Another reason i dont want to mail merge is due to lack of computer skills
of others that will be using it and trying to navigate to the correct ref.


Thanks
Adrian Harding