Thursday, May 28, 2020

How To Marry Excel and Word for Mass Letters

How To Marry Excel and Word for Mass Letters I did this many, many moons ago. It takes a little bit of work, but not too much. If you want to send mass letters that look customized (based on the name of the recipient), heres how you do it: How to use Microsoft Excel and Word to send multiple emails. This post was written in 2009 by Walt Feigenson, a friend in the Silicon Valley area. We met when I was in town a few years back, speaking at some job clubs, and the last time I saw him was at his house for dinner (on a different trip).  The stories he has of the history of software, which he was involved with, are awesome. And this merge technique, which might feel a little dated, is really quite powerful.  YMMV, based on editions of Word/Excel if yours doesnt work the way he describes, figure it out and let me know in the comments what is different (that is a tactful way of saying: Im not tech support for this tactic good luck :)) How To Marry Excel and Word for Mass Letters I did this many, many moons ago. It takes a little bit of work, but not too much. If you want to send mass letters that look customized (based on the name of the recipient), heres how you do it: How to use Microsoft Excel and Word to send multiple emails. This post was written in 2009 by Walt Feigenson, a friend in the Silicon Valley area. We met when I was in town a few years back, speaking at some job clubs, and the last time I saw him was at his house for dinner (on a different trip).  The stories he has of the history of software, which he was involved with, are awesome. And this merge technique, which might feel a little dated, is really quite powerful.  YMMV, based on editions of Word/Excel if yours doesnt work the way he describes, figure it out and let me know in the comments what is different (that is a tactful way of saying: Im not tech support for this tactic good luck :))

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