Re: merging a mail merge into ACT database

From: Graham Mayor (gmayor_at_NOSPAMmvps.org)
Date: 04/27/04 

Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:26:45 +0100

I had guessed correctly. Create a new catalog/directory merge as previously
suggested using your data source and merge to a new document. 

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Paul D. wrote:
> Graham,
>
> I have set up a mail merge for Word. I had a list of names
> that I entered into the mail merge list through Word. I
> have a document that I am sending out and that is fine. I
> am now trying to get the list of contacts from a .mdb file
> in Word to a delimited .txt file to import into ACT
> database. Hope this helps. Any help would be greatly
> appreciated.
>
> Paul
>> -----Original Message-----
>> I am not sure you have given us enough information to get the full
>> picture. I take it you want to run a mail merge with some unnamed
>> data source to produce a comma delimited file that yuou can import
>> into ACT?
>>
>> Create a directory merge with all the fields on one line separated by
>> commas, the line ending with a paragraph mark, then merge to a new
>> document. Save that document as plain text.
>>
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>>   Web site www.gmayor.com
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>>
>> Paul D. wrote:
>>> I was wondering if this could be done. I don't have Access
>>> at work and I have set up a mail merge into Word 2002. I
>>> need to be able to save the file as a .txt file to import
>>> it into ACT..
>>>
>>> Any help would be appreciated
>>>
>>> Paul
>>
>>
>> .

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