Lesson for Day Seven
In this lesson, we
will review and learn to:
Work with tables
Work with mail merge
To create a table,
- Click where
you want to create a table.
2. Click “Table,” “Insert,” “Table”
on the menu bar.
3. Drag to select the number of
rows and columns you want.
Now, if you need to
select the table to center it or move it, you may do the following:
- Click within the table.
- Click “Table,” “Select,” “Table” on the Standard
toolbar.
- You should notice the entire table is selected.
You
may also select a table by floating over it with your pointer and clicking on
the little box, which appears on the upper left hand corner.
To change the background
for a table, you may do the following:
- Select the table.
- Click on “Format,” “borders and Shading…” found on the
menu bar.
- Click on the Shading tab.
- Click on the shade, which you wish to use.
Mail Merge
This
tool is helpful when you need to merge a letter with a set of names or addresses.
Create form letters
Step 1: Open or create the main document
- Do one of the following:
- Open an existing letter.
- Create a new letter.
- On the Tools menu,
click Mail Merge.
- Under Main document,
click Create, and then click Form Letters.
- Click Active Window.
The active document becomes the main
document.
Step 2: Open or create the data source
- In the Mail Merge Helper
dialog box, do one of the following:
- Create a new data source.
Use this method if you haven't already stored the names, addresses, and
other data in a data source, and want to store the data in a Word table.
- Use data in an existing
data source. Under Data source, click Get Data, and then
click Open Data Source. Select a Microsoft Word document, or a worksheet,
database, or other list, and then click Open. Click Edit Main
Document.
- Use addresses from an
electronic address book. Under Data source, click Get Data,
and then click Use Address Book. Select an address book, and then
click OK. Click Edit Main Document.
Step 3: Edit the main document and insert merge fields
- In the main document, type
the text that you want to appear in every form letter.
- Insert merge fields where you
want to merge names, addresses, and other data from the data source. To
insert a merge field, click in the main document, click Insert Merge
Field on the Mail Merge toolbar, and then click the field name
you want.
For more information, see tips on
inserting merge fields.
- After you complete the main
document and insert all of the merge fields, click Save As on the File
menu. Name the document, and then click Save.
Step 4: Merge the data into the main document
- On the Tools menu,
click Mail Merge.
- If you want to specify the
order in which data is merged, or to merge only part of the data, then you
can sort and select data records to merge.
- If you want to see how the
merged data will appear, then you can preview the merged documents.
- In the Mail Merge Helper
dialog box, click Merge under Merge the data with the document.
- If you want to check the data
source for errors before you merge, click Check Errors. Choose an
option, and then click OK.
- Do one of the following:
- Send the merged letters
directly to a printer. In the Merge to box, click Printer,
and then click Merge.
- Store the merged letters in
a new document, so you can review, edit, and print them later.
- Distribute the merged
letters to e-mail addresses or fax numbers.