How to Perform a Mail Merge in Word 2010

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Creating multiple e-mails, and changing the recipients information for each e-mail, can be a tedious task However; Word 2010 comes with a Mail Merge feature allowing the user to create multiple e-mails for different recipients at once.....

With the Mailings Tab

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    Launch Word 2010.
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    Navigate to Mailings Tab.
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    Go to Start Mail Merge options.
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    Click Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard.
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    Choose the type of document you want.
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    This step will ask you to choose what document to use/type document now.
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    Choose your recipients.
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    Choose the Excel worksheet that has your chosen recipients.
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    Click Open.
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    Follow the rest of the Mail-Merge Wizard. Depending on the options chosen different dialog boxes will show up, making very difficult to provide a step by step for the rest. However; the rest of the steps are self-explanatory.
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    Click Finish and Merge on the Mailings Tab when done.

Without the Mailings Tab

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    Open the document you want to merge.
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    Choose the type of document you want to create (letter, envelope, label, e-mail, or directory).
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    Choose the list of recipients you want to send the document to.
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    Add merge fields. Put the cursor where you want the merge field to appear, then click add field on the ribbon.
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    Finish and merge.
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    Check for errors that could have been introduced, during the merge.
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    Send the merge by e-mail.
    1. You can also print the merge.

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