Filemaker & Mailmerge

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3 total messages Started by Stephen J. Bradshaw Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:25

#198

Author: Stephen J. Bradshaw
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 15:25

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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 ?

Thanks in advance 

Steve Bradshaw,
sjb@theory.tn.cornell.edu

Re: Filemaker & Mailmerge

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Author: David Gutierrez
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 1992 16:48

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In article <1992Aug17.152521.19490@tc.cornell.edu> 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 ?

I send out several hundred announcements a month with addresses from a
FileMaker Pro database. I have FileMaker output a tab-delimited text file with
the data I want, then I switch to FullWrite to print the announcements. I just
click the "Merge with database file" check box in the Print dialog and choose
the tab-delimited text file with the data.

David Gutierrez
drg@biomath.mda.uth.tmc.edu

"Only fools are positive." - Moe Howard

Re: Filemaker & Mailmerge

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Author: 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? 

--
-Hades (Brian V. Hughes) Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info
		   "A clear case of curare poisoning
	       of one of her Majesty's Cold-Cream Guards"
						   -- Durlock Holmes

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