One File, Multiple Documents

[Ward]

How do I parse a merged document into multiple files? That is, after the
mail merge is completed, I want each recipient parsed or extracted from the
Word document and inserted into a new document. For example, where I have a
merged document with 10 recipients, I want Joe Smith's letter placed into a
new document without the other 9 recipients and then I want to do the same
for the remaining 9 documents. Adobe Acrobat has an option for creating a
single PDF from multiple documents - I won’t to do the opposite. Microsoft
ha an article at http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=299837 which details a
hack job for what I want to do. But, it won’t work for me because it is too
labor intensive for our firm and limited resources.

 

[Graham Mayor]

See http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm

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[Charles Kenyon]

See http://www.gmayor.com/individual_merge_letters.htm.
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[Ward]

Thanks.

 

[Village Idiot Dan]

Graham, sorry, just to add, this is great. The time taken to do this is
really appreciated by less advanced users of Microsoft. Cheers, Dan

 

[Aleisha Mollen]

Graham,

I don't get the pop-up box asking if I want separate documents. What do I do
then?

 

[Doug Robbins - Word MVP]

Are you executing the merge to a new document? Did you start Word from the
Start menu and not by double clicking on a document on the desktop or in
Windows Explorer? Do you have Word set to be the e-mail editor in Outlook?
If so, you need to start Word prior to starting Outlook.

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