Mail Merge - Microsoft Word® 2000

Word is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation.

To merge information from the Fulton Software Union Membership System into Microsoft Word® 2000, here is the general procedure that you follow.

• Export Information from FSUMS as described in Mail Merge – General
  
  
• Start Microsoft Word
  
  
• Create a new document
  
  
• Click on Tools, then Mail Merge…
  
  
• Click Create, click on the type of document that you want to create, and then click on Active Window for the document
  
  
• Click Get Data, then Open Data Source
  
  
• Click MS Query (if this option doesn’t show up, the Word installation process will need to be executed; consult the person at your site who is responsible for installing Word)
  
  
• Click on the data source FSUMSWRK
  
  
• If you previously exported member information from FSUMS, set up a query with table MM as its only input , sorted by NAME_REVERSED. If you previously exported employer information from FSUMS, set up a query with table EM as its only input , sorted by FULL_NAME.
  
  
• Click the appropriate buttons to return the information to Microsoft Word
  
  
• Set your label or form letter up as you wish, and then tell Word to perform the merge as you wish.

There are many capabilities available to you by using the mail merge facility. For more information, please see the help files for Microsoft Word.