SECTION 4
Lesson 4.1: The Mail Merge Wizard

   

 

The next step after choosing the data source is creating or constructing the Publication. Publisher offers three options in customizing publications: Address Blocks, Greeting Lines, and Address fields.

 

The next step after choosing the data source is creating or constructing the publication. Publisher offers three options in customizing publications: Address Blocks, Greeting Lines, and Address Fields.

 

 

 

Address Blocks are standard home and company addresses. It contains fields such as name, company, street number and name, State/Province, Country, and Zip/Postal code. The address block allows you to specify address elements and provides a preview area.

 

 

Greeting Lines allow you to combine the recipient’s name along with a greeting for a personal touch. The Greeting Line dialog box allows you to format the position of certain words along with greeting options for unknown names.

 

 

Address Fields are a variety of fields to include in the publications. From the list provided, you can customize your own address block. If the names in the data source do not match the address fields in Publisher, select match fields, which will allow you to create corresponding fields from the drop down lists.