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Confused in Excel

Create Mail Merge to Print Directly On Envelopes
 
Hi - I need to take adresses from an Excel spreadsheet and print them
directly on the envelopes. How can I do this without creating labels?

Dave Peterson

Create Mail Merge to Print Directly On Envelopes
 
You may want to read some tips for mailmerge.
http://www.mvps.org/dmcritchie/excel/mailmerg.htm
http://www.mvps.org/word/FAQs/MailMerge

The first is from David McRitchie and the second is by Beth Melton and Dave
Rado.

And if you notice problems with the formatting of data (like zipcodes)...

Debra Dalgleish posted this:

There's an article on the Microsoft web site that might help you:

Answer Box: Numbers don't merge right in Word
http://office.microsoft.com/en-ca/as...164951033.aspx

And if you prefer the old Mail Merge helper, Word MVP Suzanne Barnhill
has instructions he

http://sbarnhill.mvps.org/WordFAQs/C...ngWord2002.htm

about half way down the page.

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I often cheat instead of racking my brain.

I'll insert another column (probably hidden!) and use:
=text(a2,"ddmmyy")
or
=text(a2,"mm:ss.0")
or
=text(a2,"00000")
(or whatever format I want)
and use that field in the mailmerge.

(Cheating doesn't bother me anymore <vbg.)

Confused in Excel wrote:

Hi - I need to take adresses from an Excel spreadsheet and print them
directly on the envelopes. How can I do this without creating labels?


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Dave Peterson


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