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Learn Microsoft Office 2019

You're reading from   Learn Microsoft Office 2019 A comprehensive guide to getting started with Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Access, and Outlook

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Product type Paperback
Published in May 2020
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781839217258
Length 794 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Table of Contents (26) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Word
2. Exploring the Interface and Formatting Elements FREE CHAPTER 3. Creating Lists and Constructing Advanced Tables 4. Creating Professional Documents 5. Versions, Restrictions, and Comparisons 6. Section 2: PowerPoint
7. The PowerPoint Interface and Presentation Options 8. Formatting Slides, Tables, Charts, and Graphic Elements 9. Photo Albums, Sections, and Show Tools 10. Section 3: Excel
11. Formatting, Manipulating, and Presenting Data Visually 12. Applying Formulas and Functions 13. Analyzing and Organizing Data 14. Section 4: Common Tasks
15. Exporting and Optimizing Files and the Browser View 16. Sharing and Protecting Files 17. Section 5: Access
18. Database Organization and Setting Relationships 19. Building Forms and Report Design 20. Constructing Queries to Analyze Data 21. Section 6: Outlook
22. Creating and Attaching Item Content 23. Managing Mail and Contacts 24. Calendar Objects, Tasks, Notes, and Journal Entries 25. Other Books You May Enjoy

Performing a mail merge

A mail merge is a standard document that you can create and merge with a contact list to produce a merged document. A standard document could be in the form of a letter, envelope, labels, and so on. The contact list or data source contains the unique information (fields) that you can merge via merge fields into the document.

A Mail Merge has many uses for business users in that they can speed up the production of personally addressed emails to clients for direct marketing, or standard updates or notifications, for instance. This saves time and has the added feature of being able to generate E-mails, Letters, Labels and Envelopes easily from a data source such as an address list.

The mail merge feature, is accessible by visiting the last step of the Mail Merge, named Finish & Merge at the end of the Mail Merge ribbon. During this last step you are able...

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