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Mail Merge vs Maillist (XL/XE)

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From: Bill Dippert
Date: Mon, 13 Jan 1986 16:52
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Has anyone out there used the Mail Merge portion of AtariWriter Plus TM?

I first tried to load my old Atari Maillist files to Mail Merge.  That did
not work as the format was not fully compatible, even after setting up
Mail Merge to match the Maillist format.  Does anyone know how to convert
Maillist files to Mail Merge?

Therefore, I created new Mail Merge files with format that I liked and
edited in one file at a time all of my old Maillist files.  However,
when it came to print them out, I cannot find anyway to format the
output for the printer.  Creating a subset seems to be a way of sorting
out a portion of the files by whatever catagory.  What I want to do
is to place the first name field, then the second name field then the last
name field on the first line.  Followed by the street address next line.
Third line to consist of city, state and zip.  Not too complicated but
so far I have not figured out how to do it.  Any ideas?

Finally, is there anyway to increase the field length past the 20 characters
allowed by Mail Merge?  20 characters is ok for most fields, but for street
addresses, it is sometimes too short.  Any ideas on this?

Thanks in advance,
--Bill--
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From: wrd@tekigm2.UUCP (Bill Dippert)
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Subject: Mail Merge vs Maillist (XL/XE)
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Date: Mon, 13-Jan-86 11:52:56 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 13 11:52:56 1986
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