basicsin access

[T.J.]

My Sharkware also allows me to sort and print mailing
labels for Christmas Card lists, client lists, business
contact lists, and the like. So I'd like to see a sample
of a few contacts in Access and see what printing and
sorting options are available. I understand Microsoft
has Mailmerge features that I have never taken the time
to learn, whether in Word or wherever it is. I've got to
think that mailmerge is intended to do at least some of
the kinds of things we're looking for.

this is a copy of an email I recieved from my Boss. he
has been using Sharkware for years and we are now moving
to something new. Can Access do everything we want it to
do. I need a Master contact list for the company as well
as a personal contact list for several people, with some
of the extra options that are talked about above.

any help would be great

 

[bcaouette]

You can use an Access database to store just about
anything you want. You can then build queries to select
specific items (business contacts, e.g.).

MS Word allows you to use the query results, or the whole
table(s) to fill in "Form Letters", mailing labels, etc.
using the mail merge feature. It is most effective when
used with the Avery Label formats that are included to
standardize labels for specific shipping and/or mailing
requirements.

Setting up Mail Merge in Word is done through a "guided"
wizard that makes it easy to learn and do.

bac