Mail Merge From Access XP to Word XP

· Create an MS Access database and enter the data to be merged

· Open MS Word

· Create the document to merge into from Access. If you want to merge into a label or postcard, Tools ► Letters and Mailings ► Envelopes and Letters

· Go to View ► Toolbars ► Mail Merge

· Click the Open Data Source icon
· Browse to find the Access database
· Select the Access table from which to pull the data
· Put the cursor where you want to insert a field in the Word document · Click the Insert Merge Fields icon
	Select the field to add and click Insert The field will appear like «Topic» Add any spacing before the next field Repeat clicking on the Insert Merge Fields icon and selecting the next field until all merge fields are added. Save this document with something in the file name (i.e. unmerged letter) so that you can do a mail merge again later as you add or delete data to the Access database
· Click the Merge to New Document icon · Save the merged document if desired