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- From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades)
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- Subject: Re: Filemaker & Mailmerge
- Message-ID: <1992Aug17.184144.9457@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 17 Aug 92 18:41:44 GMT
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- sjb@theory.TC.Cornell.EDU (Stephen J. Bradshaw) writes:
-
- >I am interested in using Filemaker Pro to handle a database of names
- >and addresses. Could someone indicate if the current or future versions
- >of Filemaker can be used in conjunction with a * SEPARATE * word
- >processing package for mail merges. I appreciate that it is possible to
- >compose letters from within Filemaker but I am more interested in using
- >a dedicated word processor. Has anyone had any success with any specific
- >word processors ?
-
- FileMaker Pro has the ability to export data from a database file to
- another file in a number of different formats. One of those formats is
- called Merge, and it happens to match the format that MS Word uses for
- its merge data files. Have you tried this yet?
-
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