With Office 2011 for Mac, your guide to mail merging in Word is Mail Merge Manager. You can invoke Mail Merge Manager by choosing Tools→Mail Merge Manager from the menu bar. It’s designed to be used starting at the top in Step 1, and you work your way down to Step 6.
You can use information from the Outlook program, also a part of Microsoft Office, to work as a recipient list for a mail merge in Word. This trick works best, however, when you’re in a computer environment that features Microsoft Exchange Server. Otherwise, making Outlook and Word cooperate with each other can be a frustrating. Apr 01, 2017 50+ videos Play all Mix - Easy How To: Mac Mail Merge with Microsoft Office and Excel YouTube Use Mail Merge to Create Mailing Labels in Word from an Excel Data Set - Duration: 8:19.
The steps in the Mail Merge Manager are as follows:
Mail Merge On A Mac
Select a Document Type.
Choose from four types of mail merge:
* Form Letters: Customize a letter with personal information or data.
* Labels: Make mailing labels, tent cards, book labels, and DVD labels.
* Envelopes: Print envelopes of any size.
* Catalog: Choose this option to build custom, personalized catalogs, brochures, and price sheets. For example, you could pull pictures from a database to create individualized custom catalogs based on customer purchases, category, or some other criteria.
Select Recipients List.
Choose a data source for the mail merge.
Insert Placeholders.
Choose the field names (for example, column names, headers, and column headers) and position them in your document.
Filter Recipients.
Set rules as to which records will be retrieved from the data source.
Preview Results.
See exactly how your document looks with data before running the mail merge.
Complete Merge.
Run the merge. You can merge to a printer, a single Word document, personalized Word documents, or e-mail messages.