How to generate form letters from the registration list.
Allen Hopkins, 21 Mar 2001

To create a form letter in Word-2000:

• Open a new document (or an existing letter).
• From the "Tools" menu, select "Mail Merge", and follow the steps presented:
• (1) From the "Create" menu, select "Form Letters".
• (2) From the "Get Data" menu, select "Open Data Source".
• In the "Open Data Source" file selection dialog:
  • Go to the folder where you saved the downloaded registration list.
  • Change "Files of type:" to "Text Files (*.txt)".
  • Select the registration list file by double-clicking on it.
• Insert "merge fields" into the text of the letter, where the variable information is to go:
  • At the point where you want the last name (for example), pull down the "Insert Merge Field" menu from the Mail Merge toolbar, and select "Last". You'll see "<<Last>>" appear in the document.
• When the text of the letter and the merge fields are where you want them, you can generate letters by clicking on "Merge..." on the toolbar.