Re: Filemaker & Mailmerge

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From: Hades
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 18:41

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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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