i cannot get the fill in function to work on a word doc. basically i need
to send a standard letter to different people. instead of typing in a
different address and printing out each letter individually etc i wanted to
use the fill in function to prompt me. I have tried to go by the Office
Assitant help (which is about as user friendly as a chocolate teapot!!!) Its
full of references to switches and prompts etc but when ive tried to set it
up, the {FILLIN prompt doesnt appear anywhere and when ive saved the letter
and re-opened it i have no idea how to get it to prompt me for the new data.
Somebody pleeeeeeeeeease help before the pc gets chucked across the room!!
thanks lots

See if http://word.mvps.org/FAQs/MailMerge/...AMailMerge.htm helps.

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Stefan Blom
Microsoft Word MVP


"englishrose4719" wrote in message
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> i cannot get the fill in function to work on a word doc. basically
i need
> to send a standard letter to different people. instead of typing in
a
> different address and printing out each letter individually etc i
wanted to
> use the fill in function to prompt me. I have tried to go by the
Office
> Assitant help (which is about as user friendly as a chocolate
teapot!!!) Its
> full of references to switches and prompts etc but when ive tried to
set it
> up, the {FILLIN prompt doesnt appear anywhere and when ive saved the
letter
> and re-opened it i have no idea how to get it to prompt me for the
new data.
> Somebody pleeeeeeeeeease help before the pc gets chucked across the
room!!
> thanks lots