Mail merge

Mail merge

Mail merge is a process that enables the customization of documents by inserting variable data into identical letters or forms. It is a feature that automates the creation of personalized documents, such as letters, envelopes, and labels, by merging a template with a data source. This allows for the efficient production of large quantities of documents that contain unique information for each recipient.From: The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists [2018]

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Published in Paul W. Ross, The Handbook of Software for Engineers and Scientists, 2018

L. Hartung David

Mail Merge is a feature that allows you to customize documents by inserting variable data into identical letters or forms. Two files are needed for the mail merge: the primary file and the secondary file. The primary file contains fixed information and markers to indicate where the variable information from the secondary file will be placed. The secondary file contains the variable information to be inserted or merged into the primary file. The most common application for this feature is sending the same letter to different addresses. The primary document contains the letter and the secondary document contains the addresses.

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Published in International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology, 2022

Nathan Clisby, Antony Edwards

For a mail merge approach, full questions can be authored in Word with variables added as mail merge fields (including in equations). Careful checking is required to confirm that variables are correctly formatted after the merge; field codes (Alt-F9) should be used to correct formatting (useful commands are # for decimal place rounding or currency options and @ for various date settings). If an Adobe Acrobat plugin is installed, individual PDF files can then be generated and automatically sent to each student email address during the mail merge.

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