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How does mail merge work, and how is data brought into a word-processed document?

Using mail merge to produce personalised documents (the main document and the data source, merge fields, and filtering recipients), and importing and linking data from other applications (spreadsheets and databases) into a word-processed document.

An SQA Higher Administration and IT answer on using mail merge to produce personalised documents, covering the main document, the data source, merge fields and filtering recipients, and importing and linking data from spreadsheets and databases into a word-processed document.

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What this key area is asking

A common administrative job is sending the same document to many people, personalised for each. The SQA expects you to use mail merge: the main document and the data source, merge fields, and filtering recipients, and to import or link data from other applications (spreadsheets, databases) into a word-processed document. These connect word processing to the spreadsheet and database areas.

How mail merge works