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Article #447Re: FileMaker Pro & Word mail merge?
From: David G. Simmons
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 21:08
Date: Thu, 01 Oct 1992 21:08
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In article <1992Oct1.173527.25664@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Hades) writes: |> daniel@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (Dan Quoidbach) writes: |> |> >Can FileMaker Pro export files in a format that can be used by Word 5 |> >as a mail merge file? If someone is doing this, could you please let |> >me know the proper technique? Thanks! |> |> When you perform an expost in FM Pro, it asks you what format to |> use, and gives you a pop-up menu. One of the formats on that menu is the |> Merge type, which is exactly the format that Word uses for print merge. |> |> -- |> -Hades (Brian V. Hughes) |> "You know Television has gone to hell when, with every commercial, |> you find yourself hoping to see the Energizer Bunny." Just don't get bitten by the bug. Remember that, upon opening the "Export" dialog, you have < 2 seconds to select from the pop-up menu before it freezes and won't let you play. Very frustrating until some KIND soul posted here about it. I thought I only had the choice of "Tab Delimited Text" for the longest time ;-) -- David G. Simmons "Pollution is not the problem with our environment. It is the impurities in our air and water." --Dan "Vice-President-Rain-Man" Quayl(e) If I said it, LANL didn't... -- David G. Simmons "Pollution is not the problem with our environment.
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!caen!hellgate.utah.edu!lanl!davids From: davids@gardener.lanl.gov (David G. Simmons) Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro & Word mail merge? Message-ID: <1992Oct1.210840.11697@newshost.lanl.gov> Originator: davids@feynman.lanl.gov Sender: news@newshost.lanl.gov Organization: Los Alamos National Laboratory References: <daniel-011092095649@129.236.30.212> <1992Oct1.173527.25664@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: Thu, 1 Oct 1992 21:08:40 GMT Lines: 37