Hello !! First post. I have been collecting & printing addresses for some
time as part of a marketing campaign using the following method:

In a Word .doc, clickTools > Letters and Mailings > Envelopes and Labels >
New Document (if it matters, label option is Avery 5260). I then save the
..doc with a descriptive name for that market segment. Each such .doc is one
page. Addresses are typical, standard 3 lines ... only very rarely a 4th
line.

The campaign has been fairly successful and I intend to throw more money and
time at it. :^) But now I find I need to start tracking each prospect and I
wish to combine & convert these multiple .docs into one grand database with
which I can track & manipulate data (add/delete/edit fields, etc) while
retaining the ability to print simple labels. I notice that the "New Doc"
labels display some characteristics of Word "Tables". Or perhaps converting
to XL would be easier? System details below:

XP, MS Office 2003 (Word & XL only ... NO Access, though I DO have a dusty
old version of Alpha Five)

My goal of course is wealth, notoriety and celebrity and I will gladly pay
huge amounts of money to anyone who helps me. : ^ )

See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm

--
Suzanne S. Barnhill
Microsoft MVP (Word)
Words into Type
Fairhope, Alabama USA

"callmark1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:2C421655-1884-401B-A958-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hello !! First post. I have been collecting & printing addresses for
> some
> time as part of a marketing campaign using the following method:
>
> In a Word .doc, clickTools > Letters and Mailings > Envelopes and Labels >
> New Document (if it matters, label option is Avery 5260). I then save the
> .doc with a descriptive name for that market segment. Each such .doc is
> one
> page. Addresses are typical, standard 3 lines ... only very rarely a 4th
> line.
>
> The campaign has been fairly successful and I intend to throw more money
> and
> time at it. :^) But now I find I need to start tracking each prospect
> and I
> wish to combine & convert these multiple .docs into one grand database
> with
> which I can track & manipulate data (add/delete/edit fields, etc) while
> retaining the ability to print simple labels. I notice that the "New Doc"
> labels display some characteristics of Word "Tables". Or perhaps
> converting
> to XL would be easier? System details below:
>
> XP, MS Office 2003 (Word & XL only ... NO Access, though I DO have a dusty
> old version of Alpha Five)
>
> My goal of course is wealth, notoriety and celebrity and I will gladly pay
> huge amounts of money to anyone who helps me. : ^ )

THANK YOU MS BARNHILL

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"Suzanne S. Barnhill" wrote:

> See http://www.word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMe...ToDatafile.htm
>
> --
> Suzanne S. Barnhill
> Microsoft MVP (Word)
> Words into Type
> Fairhope, Alabama USA
>
> "callmark1" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:2C421655-1884-401B-A958-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello !! First post. I have been collecting & printing addresses for
> > some
> > time as part of a marketing campaign using the following method:
> >
> > In a Word .doc, clickTools > Letters and Mailings > Envelopes and Labels >
> > New Document (if it matters, label option is Avery 5260). I then save the
> > .doc with a descriptive name for that market segment. Each such .doc is
> > one
> > page. Addresses are typical, standard 3 lines ... only very rarely a 4th
> > line.
> >
> > The campaign has been fairly successful and I intend to throw more money
> > and
> > time at it. :^) But now I find I need to start tracking each prospect
> > and I
> > wish to combine & convert these multiple .docs into one grand database
> > with
> > which I can track & manipulate data (add/delete/edit fields, etc) while
> > retaining the ability to print simple labels. I notice that the "New Doc"
> > labels display some characteristics of Word "Tables". Or perhaps
> > converting
> > to XL would be easier? System details below:
> >
> > XP, MS Office 2003 (Word & XL only ... NO Access, though I DO have a dusty
> > old version of Alpha Five)
> >
> > My goal of course is wealth, notoriety and celebrity and I will gladly pay
> > huge amounts of money to anyone who helps me. : ^ )
>
>
>