Mail merge lets you create a batch of documents that are personalized for each recipient. For example, a form letter might be personalized to address each recipient by name. A data source, like a list, …

Describes how to use the Mail Merge feature in Word to create and to print form letters that use the data from an Excel worksheet.

How to use an Excel spreadsheet with mail merge in Word to create mailing lists for labels, envelopes, and documents.

Mail merge lets you create a batch of personalized letters where each letter is identical in layout, formatting, text, and graphics, except for personalized parts like the salutation.

Create and send personalized email messages to everyone on your address list with mail merge.

Use mail merge to print envelopes that are addressed to the people on your mailing list.

You've built a list of contacts and other data that you want to use for a Word mail merge. If your data source is an existing Excel spreadsheet, then you just need to prepare the data for a mail merge.

If you don't have a mailing list as a source for names and addresses in a mail merge, you can create one in Word.

To perform a mail merge with an Outlook Contacts list in Word, follow these steps, as appropriate for the version of Word that you are running: Microsoft Word 2002

You've built a list of contacts and other data that you want to use for a Word mail merge. If your data source is an existing Excel spreadsheet, then you just need to prepare the data for a mail merge.