Mailmerge

[Annie]

Hi. I can't seem to use mailmerge correctly with Access.
First, I thought I could merge with a query, not jsut a
table. True? How do I do that when the "wizard" wants
me to select a table?

When I'm in Word, I can't seem to enter the fields. I
seem to remeber that I selected them and they show up as
<<LastName>> which tells mailmerge to replace
<<LastName>> with the actual last name of each record.

I know I've done this before but can't seem to get in the
groove today. Thanks for the pointer. Annie

 

[Duane Hookom]

You should be able to select a table or query. In Word, you should view the
mail merge tool bar.

 

[Annie]

Thanks for the reply. My home Access works fine, my work
Access must need to be re-loaded.

Question: when you have a query that calls for user input
(such as a cut-off date) and you use MailMerge, how can
you be sure that you are only getting the entries merged
that meet the user criteria? Or does that not work with
MailMerge?

Thanks, Annie

 

[Duane Hookom]

You can set the filter/criteria in Word.

 

[Annie]

Thanks- I'll look at the whole mailmerge process this
weekend at home where I know it will work!
Thanks for help making this section of the newsgroup so
well answered!
Annie