How to insert multiple names into a Word document

  • Justus says:
    November 22, 2022 at 2:07 pm

    Hi Svetlana

    Thank you so much for your resources. You are extremely helpful. Would you perhaps know how to have the source file (excel) open when the mail merged document (word) is opened? I have seen this before but I am not quite sure how. Thank you once again.

    Best regards,
    Justus

  • Amanda says:
    November 14, 2022 at 8:37 pm

    Very helpful, thank you!

  • Martha says:
    November 10, 2022 at 1:57 pm

    This is a great tutorial for an excel-word mail merge on a PC. Do you know of a similar tutorial for Mac? I recently started a new job and am using a Mac for the first time and the process is quite different. I'm sure I'm not doing it in the most efficient way, so any assistance would be very helpful.

  • the jr says:
    November 8, 2022 at 11:31 pm

    thanx for teaching me about mailing merge

  • Manoj V says:
    October 21, 2022 at 11:28 am

    Hi, Ms. Svetlana

    Thanks for this wonderful tutorial,

    I could finish off the mail merging without any hitch.

  • Simon says:
    May 5, 2022 at 3:07 pm

    Hi

    I am learning today for the first time.

    I want to do a mail merge using excel spreadsheet, merged with a Word text letter which will go out to 200 different people.
    I need to change the subject on each email, is this possible.
    I will be using first column with name in the 2nd column i will be using a different subject in each row the 3rd column will be the e mail address I am sending.

    How do I do this basically 3 columns with every row having a 1 different name, 2 different subject ( this goes in the subject row on outlook ) 3 different e mail address.

    I have been informed this can be done

    NOTE: A mail merge can just as easily be an email merge. Add a column to your excel spreadsheet that contains the email address to send each merged letter to. Under 'Finish and Merge', select 'Send Email Messages' and for the TO specify the column name that contains the email address and specify the SUBJECT to use.

    Please advise

  • mst says:
    April 4, 2022 at 10:23 am

    Hi Svetlana,

    Thanks for sharing this. I was wondering if you have an idea on how to deal with hyperlinks.
    1. My dataset is in excel
    2. Word has a title that needs to be hyperlinked using Mailmerge.
    3. In Word - Hyperlink targets the correct page in PDF

    what should happen:
    merge from excel and automatically update the link in word targeting the correct page in pdf
    What I did:
    dataset inn excel:
    1. title of report. 2. pdfname. 3. pagenumberinpdf

    Word merge fields: {mergefield "pdfname.pdf#page={mergefield pagenumberinpdf }"}
    The above is not working when save as html. It can link, but not targeting the correct pdf page. Only goes to page 1

    I need to apply this "pdfname.pdf#page=page number in pdf" to the hyperlink in word.
    So that when a user click the link, it will go to the target pdf page.

    I need to save the word in HTML for final output.

    Appreciate your input on this.

    Regard,
    MikeT

  • V. KIRAN KUMAR says:
    June 22, 2021 at 2:33 pm

    Hi

    I wanted to get symbols like +/- ( i.e +2.00 or -3.00)
    mostly i get "-" symbols
    i am failing to get "+" symbol even there is a "+" symbol in excel sheet
    I am using my filed code is { MERGEFIELD RE_CYL \#0.00 }
    please give me the correct filed code

    I shall be thankful
    V. Kiran Kumar

  • Yunus says:
    March 1, 2021 at 8:30 am

    Sorry my previous reply was not posted correctly

    You can use the Directory type.
    Then sort (group) the list based on the values in column 'site'.
    Then use the {IF ... } clause to put { QUOTE 12 } which force a new page, if a change on 'site' value is detected. Assume Site is the column name (remember use Ctrl+F9 to create the { ... } )

    {IF MERGESEQ = 1 '{SET SiteName { MERGEFIELD Site }}{ MERGEFIELD Site }' }
    {IF {REF SiteName} < > { MERGEFIELD Site } '{QUOTE 12}{ MERGEFIELD Site }{SET SiteName { MERGEFIELD Site }}' }

    • Yunus says:
      March 1, 2021 at 8:49 am

      this is to answer the question by Shaik (above).

  • Yunus says:
    March 1, 2021 at 8:27 am

    You can use the Directory type.
    Then sort (group) the list based on the values in column 'site'.
    Then use the {IF ... } clause to put { QUOTE 12 } which force a new page, if a change on 'site' value is detected. Assume Site is the column name (remember use Ctrl+F9 to create the { ... } )

    {IF MERGESEQ = 1 '{SET SiteName { MERGEFIELD Site }}{ MERGEFIELD Site }' }
    {IF {REF SiteName}\ { MERGEFIELD Site } '{QUOTE 12}{ MERGEFIELD Site }{SET SiteName { MERGEFIELD Site }}' }

    • Yunus says:
      March 1, 2021 at 8:29 am

      the not equal is missing. Should have the < &gtl;

  • Shaik says:
    December 14, 2020 at 10:30 pm

    I have a requirement I have a data I Excel ware I want to prepair multiple quotation. From excel to word using mail merging. Issue is how can I filter item of sites and it should Come in 1 single page in a table. For example I have a site it need 10 items It should filter and all that 10 items listed should come in one page. 2 site having 5 items it should Come auto. It's is option available in mail merging. Please guide

    • Yunus says:
      March 1, 2021 at 8:25 am

      You can use the Directory type.
      Then sort (group) the list based on the values in column 'site'.
      Then use the {IF ... } clause to put { QUOTE 12 } which force a new page, if a change on 'site' value is detected. Assume Site is the column name (remember use Ctrl+F9 to create the { ... } )

      {IF MERGESEQ = 1 '{SET SiteName ''}{ MERGEFIELD Site }' }
      {IF {REF SiteName} { MERGEFIELD Site } '{QUOTE 12}{ MERGEFIELD Site }{SET SiteName { MERGEFIELD Site }}' }

      • Yunus says:
        March 1, 2021 at 8:28 am

        This reply no correct. see below

  • Asemahle says:
    November 15, 2020 at 9:41 pm

    Good day Madam

    Thank you very much for your helpful information It gave me a clear understanding more about BCA[Business Computer Applications] on the Mail Merge side now I'm confident about this topic and I'll be writing tomorrow knowing I got 80-90% idea on what I will be applying to the knowledge I got through this ethical and professional page

  • Paula says:
    August 27, 2020 at 12:27 pm

    I am merging a list of excel names into folder labels in Word. The second page of labels begin with the second names on the list and the third page with the third name on the list.

  • R.O. says:
    August 11, 2020 at 7:33 pm

    Thank you. This is very helpful!

  • Krishan Goyal says:
    June 2, 2020 at 8:38 am

    Dear Madam

    I want to merge field from excel sheet in word through address mailing. The problem is this how can I transfer data from excel to word without disturbing the font size in word. ie. Iw ant that the font size in word sheet should be the same of excel sheet.
    Thanks
    Regards
    krishan Goyal

    • Yunus says:
      March 1, 2021 at 8:07 am

      I have tried this but it will not work. Any style formatting from Excel can't be transferred into the merge field in Word.

  • Ronald Wigina says:
    February 18, 2020 at 10:03 am

    I have been using mail merge for sometime now. However, not all the data in excel is being transferred to the word document. what would be the problem and what is the remedy?

  • Yesubabu Pulivarthi says:
    January 18, 2020 at 11:35 pm

    Hi,

    If the Excel data get updated how it will be sync in word using mail merge?

  • Harish says:
    September 20, 2019 at 11:58 am

    Dear Madam,

    How to save addresses in excel for preparing invoices.(daily uses). Is there any shortcut to paste address directly on invoice. we are preparing invoices in excel sheet only. Its very time taken to type address for customer. please tell me the solution how to easily save address in excel with code.

  • Sunilkovid says:
    May 7, 2019 at 12:21 am

    Hello Maám,
    i had the data that need to be sent to receipints in excel sheetwise(Sheet1 & Sheet2). can i get the entire copy of sheet to MSWord and send that to recipients.

  • Roiy says:
    July 7, 2018 at 9:08 am

    I have successfully set up a mail merge between a word document and an excel sheet as outlined in your document. However, I need to be able to move both the sheet and the document together to different file locations. Every time I do this I have to re-establish the word/excel link.
    Is there anyway I can do this in VBA that will not require me to have to re-establish the link every time?
    Roly

  • Aruna says:
    June 15, 2018 at 5:52 am

    Hi

    I have excel data like name, phone num and address. I have a template of the letter in word format example as below, how I extract data(3 column) from excel to word.
    Hi [NAME]
    [ADDRESS]

    This is to inform you that your [PHONE NUM] will be changing to new number..........

  • renny says:
    June 12, 2018 at 11:20 am

    thank you very much, it is really helpful also i want to add, if you wanted to create 3.000, then you should type \@ .000 hope that'll help

  • Mary says:
    April 30, 2018 at 5:56 pm

    What is the best way to create paragraphs with data merged from an excel spreadsheet. The data excel file has a list of names and addresses.

    For example:

    1. The name of the first attendant is __________. His address is _______.

    2. The name of the second attendant is _________. His address is ______.

    I need everything in one page.

  • A. Malik z says:
    April 18, 2018 at 3:24 pm

    I have created my ms.excel file with multiple sheets. Sometime i try to mail merge with ms excel via DDE, but i can't choose my table of sheet. The word just read my 1st sheet. Help me to choose my table of sheet via DDE...?! Thanks so much

  • Shez says:
    March 16, 2018 at 6:53 pm

    Hi,

    Please help!! I am working on a very urgent task. I have created mail merge letters, used address block by matching fields. When I preview letters, they are just fine and show all the required fields in the address block. However when I print to PDF, the address block is missing in the PDF file!!!!

    Can anyone help, what can be the issue here???

    Thanks

  • Mike says:
    February 5, 2018 at 7:28 am

    I am doing a mail merge from excel to a form. For each person who gets a form, I want the various fields to be located in the same location on the form even though the data may be different lengths. I attempted to do this by making each field the same length for each person, adding spaces and a . to those that have shorter data. For example, I may have lastname set to 10 characters. I would enter Smith and Johnson as so - Smith . and Johnson . Smith needing more spaces to reach the total 10.

    Still the data seems to display after the merge in slightly different locations like on a new line. How can I prevent this ?

  • Joy Hardin says:
    August 30, 2017 at 2:42 am

    I have an Excel spreadsheet with some names in red and most in black. I tried to print labels but they all print in black; how can I get the labels to print in the color used in Excel?

  • yoel says:
    August 9, 2017 at 2:22 pm

    thank you for this very helpful indeed useful article...
    it does really help me with our examination on ICT ...
    THANKS!!!

  • Ali says:
    March 14, 2017 at 1:11 pm

    I have xls file:
    1st sheet called (MyData) with multiple rows (A1:A255)(employee list) and columns (A1:P1) (employee details) with data.
    2nd sheet called (MyChart), in that sheet I have inserted a drop down menu created for (A1:A255) where I can choose one item (row) and the system shows me that row and graphs.

    so my goal is to merge that graphs to MS Words file.
    Number of MS Word files will be identical to number of employees (A1:A255)

    pls help me

  • Ranjit says:
    February 20, 2017 at 6:25 pm

    I want to mail merge using data in column C of an Excel file. C has a formula that uses data in column A. I have a hundred rows in the Excel sheet. For some of those hundred, A has not yet been entered, so C shows #N/A. In the Mail Merge, I don't want those records to print for which it finds #N/A in column C. How do I do that comparison? Using Skipif, Equal, and "#N/A"? It didn't work.

  • Liz says:
    February 8, 2017 at 7:41 am

    I need to please send a prepared email with/without word document attached. The email will not contain any data to merge from an excel spreadsheet . But just be able to mail merge email addresses to send to all recepients or just selected ones on spreadsheet using windows 10.

  • Ashton says:
    February 6, 2017 at 10:53 pm

    Hey! If I were needing to make a list in Word with some of the information from my Excel spreadsheet, how would I input the mail merge fields so that I can merge several different recipients over?

  • Kevin says:
    December 15, 2016 at 7:56 pm

    This is awesome! Thanks so much for the walkthrough.

  • Pam says:
    November 20, 2016 at 9:07 pm

    When I do a mail merge I'm inserting greeting line and address block from a spreadsheet in excel from Gift Works. When I get the address block to be correct with first and last name this changes the greeting line to also include last name. If I change greeting line and remove last name by not matching a field to it then the address block automatically changes to only first name. I have had this problem for over a year now. Any help is appreciated.

  • François says:
    November 14, 2016 at 4:31 pm

    Hi, I am using Excel and Word 2013... the problem is that making a mailmerge with DDE does work anymore... do not know what to do... and using the OLE DE Database is changing my cell total format (it becomes from 767.73 to 767.73000000000002)....... would you have a way to change the toggle to round the number or respect the format???
    thanks

    François

  • Ravasab says:
    October 16, 2016 at 7:12 am

    Sir i am using microsoft office 2007 and mail merged also done, but actually I ant thousand separator as like = 21,22,85,535.00 but not possible, please help

  • Tania says:
    September 23, 2016 at 2:32 pm

    I was wondering if you may be able to advise me please? I am attempting to send out a mail merge to companies using a large excel spreadsheet as the data source for the merge. Many of the companies have numerous employees and when I do the merge, it produces separate letters where I would like the individuals names to all be on one letter (save postage). So far I have had to slowly go through and cut and paste employees names from the letters below and then delete that letter (very time consuming when you are sending out hundreds!) I have tried merging the cells for the companies with multiple employees hoping they would all go onto one letter but that did not work. Please would you be able to offer any advice?! Many thanks

  • Pat says:
    August 25, 2016 at 8:11 pm

    We merge our letters with information from Donor Perfect into a csv file in excel. We include a dollar amount when appropriate. When the excel file was set up, one merge field was Amount_. The DP software will not recognize that heading. It is looking for Amount. I spoke to the tech at DP, and he said that it was a problem exclusive to that file that was set up in our software. How do I correct this merge field? How do I find the merging document to correct it? I have tried everything and cannot find how to correct a merge field.
    Thanks for any information you can share.

  • Brindha says:
    August 19, 2016 at 7:17 am

    HI
    I am trying to mail merge from excel to word but I need my information to run in snaking sequence. I am doing it for a seating arrangement plan according to their index numbers. I need the index numbers to run in a snake. please help me. Thanks

  • Jessie says:
    June 29, 2016 at 2:55 pm

    I have an excel document with a list of users and their assigned line managers. I want to send each line manager 1 email with all their associated users. How can I do this in mail merge, with a rule? Or do I need to concatenate the users into one cell for each line manager? Help!

  • Jhess says:
    June 23, 2016 at 3:40 pm

    Hi, I'm merging an excel doc to word, but after I merge the information it changes color. So I'm trying to figure our how to prevent that. Please help!

  • JJ says:
    May 27, 2016 at 3:47 am

    Hi, I have done my mail merge however when I click Preview Results is not work. I can't see any preview. If I click edit individual letters then I only can see the output. Pls advise.

  • vikki says:
    May 13, 2016 at 11:11 am

    I have an excel spreadsheet with all my info on there is one mailmerge that I can not get right. in cell A1 I have a time as 7:00 am in cell B1 I have end time as 8:00 pm in cell C1 should be the total of 13 hrs. cell A and cell B are formatted as time 1:30 cell C is formatted as custom h:mm and shows as 13:00 but when I merge this info to my word document the 13:00 shows as 1 hr. it works with anything under 12 hrs but over 12 hrs it only come out with 1 hr for 13 2 hrs for 14 hrs. like it does not recongnize anything over 12 hours. help please

  • Carrie says:
    May 11, 2016 at 12:59 am

    I have an advanced question regarding a e-mail merge with an excel spreadsheet. I created the e-mail merge document with a table that is showing purchases from multiple suppliers down the left side of the table and the two columns are broken down by customer purchase amounts. I have been able to bring all of the column information into the mail merge, however I want each customers mail merge table to total can you help me?

  • Shehbaz Hussain says:
    May 9, 2016 at 12:55 am

    If some of my excel sheet cells formatted with different colors can I transferred such data with same color in Word through Mail Merge? Is that possible?

    Regards
    Shehbaz

  • Eryq says:
    March 24, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    Is there a possible to import the contents of a large excel sheet into a word document table? The word doc has 2 columns in layout.

    How do you get the mail merge function to pick all the other row data after populating the first row? The <> seems to publish into a new second page and not the second row of the created table

  • Prakash M says:
    March 16, 2016 at 3:28 am

    I am having 1065 details of my 45 branches and I need to send mails for 45 branches with the details in single mail for single branch with multiple lines. Currently I am sending around 1065 mails in a month. Help me to solve this. Expecting your reply.

  • Ashiq says:
    March 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm

    I have completed the mail merge as per your instruction. However, there seems to be a constriction on the number of columns and I am not able to increase the number of columns. Moreover, when I choose the option Insert Merge Fields it reflects ""Automergefield and this is restricted to a maximum of 8 fields.My question is how to increase the number of fields for that corresponding excel sheet.

  • peggy says:
    February 18, 2016 at 7:34 pm

    I am preparing a mail merge for a mailing to parents concerning their child's fees and fines. Each child' list is unique to them and some contain several different items. I am able to address the letter and insert the first line of fees but need to have all the fees listed and the total.

    Thank you!

  • RAJESHKUMAR PATEL says:
    February 17, 2016 at 9:09 am

    I TRY TO MAKE MULTI APPLICATION FORM IN WORD WITH USING EXCEL DATA BASE,

    I confuse in one format / formula

    i want to write name in table box (in word) from data base source (excel)

    i use this formula =mid(A1,2,1) but this taking tomuch time and not see proper.

    problem exp.

    in excel (source) :

    A B
    1 CODE : CUST. NAME
    2 00001 : RAJESHKUMAR PATEL
    3 32540 : RAJ KUMAR PATEL

    and i want to write in word (but in name box, like [R|A|J|E|S|H|K|U|M|A|L| |P|A|T|E|L|

    So tell me how to do this

    i waiting for your reply....

  • Linda says:
    January 30, 2016 at 3:07 pm

    Your information is so helpful, thank you. I am working on a merge document using Office Home & Student 2013 & Windows 8.1. Why do only 255 characters appear in my Word document text field when there is double that amount of data in my Excel spreadsheet. The data is formatted as "text" in Excel. Is there a maximum amount of data in either Word or Excel, and if so, can I override it? Thanks.

    • Hello, Linda,

      Unfortunately this is a limitation set for Text in Excel. Please try to split your data to several cells and join them again after Mail merging.

      • Frank says:
        January 3, 2017 at 2:22 pm

        Thats not the whole truth:
        "Word looks at the data in the first record in the datasource in order to decide what you need. I suspect that some of your fields are merging OK because they have more than 256 characters in the first record. Edit the first record so that it has more than 256 characters in any fields that are long for some records." Kimberly from MSOfficeForum

  • Dave Foltz says:
    December 16, 2015 at 4:39 pm

    Hi Svetlana,
    I'm trying to create a 2007 Word mail merge document from a 2007 Excel file to use to print labels on an Avery 8160 label sheet which contains 30 labels (3 columns & 10 rows). But I can only get the top row of data and the bottom row of each page of the label to display the excel list data. All rows and columns of the entire excel file display as I go through the mail merge setup prompts, but just will not fully merge and display as expected on the label. Any thoughts?
    Thank you.

    Dave

  • Sandy says:
    November 30, 2015 at 6:10 am

    Hi. Thank you so much for tutorial. I mail merge infrequently and find your website very helpful.
    I have to mail merge an agenda with different breakout groups.
    In my excel, I have the breakouts in different colours (eg: Red (in red font), Blue (in Blue font) etc)
    How can I ensure the merge keeps their actual colours eg: Reg is in red, Blue is in blue colour?

    obviously each person has a different breakout group schedule to another person. So it is not possible to change font colour individually ...it will drive me crazy (6 breakouts x 70 people).
    Many thanks
    Sandy

    • Hello, Sandy,

      The point is that mail merge works with the Data source and doesn't import the formatting from Excel.

  • Paige says:
    November 24, 2015 at 7:16 pm

    I am trying to pull an amount such as AUD 190,000 over from an excel sheet using mail merge but it is showing AUD190,000 without the space between the AUD and the 190,000. Is there a switch I should use? It is showing properly in the excel cell. Thanks!

    • Hello, Paige,

      Please try to use a custom formatting. Format Cells -> Custom.

  • Claudiu says:
    October 22, 2015 at 11:42 am

    Hi Svetlana,

    congratulations tutorial.
    when using mail merge fields in Word I appear in many places. Database excell values ​​are 2 decimal places in my Word file appears with 13 decimal places . This appeared today use much mail goes but there were no problems . thank you

  • Andrew says:
    September 22, 2015 at 4:37 am

    Hi,
    Is it possible for mail merge to pick up formulas like vlookups?

    • Hello, Andrew,

      You can use Excel tables with VLOOKUP columns for Mail merge.

  • teresa says:
    August 29, 2015 at 6:31 pm

    I am stumped! I bought a mailing list (in an excel spreadsheet) and I'm mail merging with Word on to labels--and everything looks great EXCEPT I have 5 rows (+1 label) blank in the middle of every page.
    It doesn't seem to matter which spreadsheet I use as my data source, I still get the blank labels. Any ideas what I'm doing wrong?

  • Marlene says:
    August 18, 2015 at 6:14 pm

    I have an excel database from which I produce numerous different documents in word. When I select certain records from the recipient list in excel to use in a merge in a word document (usually not in consecutive order), what I end up with is the last record in my selection. I then have to scroll back through the end result in order to print the records I initially chose. If I'm given the option to select certain records from the recipient list, why do I get the extra records in my merge result and not the specific ones I chose?

  • Vinisha Anand says:
    August 17, 2015 at 3:16 pm

    Thanks...
    In this tutorial very easily the whole function have been described.

  • Emil says:
    July 7, 2015 at 11:22 am

    Hi,

    I'm trying to mail merge two different values to one checkbox so that if the values 1 or 3 is in excel it would check the box in word. Any idea what command to use?

    It is easy for one specific value with following command { IF { MERGEFIELD "mergefieldname" } = "True" "symbol for checked box" "symbol for unchecked box" }

    Thanks in advance!

  • Charlotte says:
    June 22, 2015 at 3:18 pm

    Hi - When I go to mail merge on Word from an Excel spreadsheet with multiple worksheets, I go to select recipients, select the excel document and then a box appears to select which worksheet you want to use. I currently have 5 tabs on the excel spreadsheet and yet the box that asks you to chose which sheet you want shows around 30 - different duplicates of the originals. This is really frustrating. Is there any way to remove these either via word or excel, without deleting the originals from the list?

  • Stefan says:
    June 16, 2015 at 10:31 am

    Thanks for all these explanation.
    My datasheet (table) contains formulas (=OFFSET(Extract20130404;MATCH(A274;Extract20130404[Delivery customer];0)-1;MATCH($D$1;Extract20130404[#Headers];0)-1;1;1))

    Is there a way to merge even if the data is made of formulas?
    Up to know I can't merge. The only way I found is to copy/paste special (values only) and then merge. But this way is a waste of time.

    Thanks by advance.

  • Anand More says:
    May 28, 2015 at 10:40 am

    Greetings,
    Thank you for detailed post.
    I have a query,request your expert comment on the same.
    Is it possible to append new records in the already mail merged document, without saving it as a separate file?
    I have an excel file containing 120 records (rows). I prepared a letter and inserted the fields from the said excel file. Thereafter, I performed mail merge. Now I have two files, the first one with only one letter and a connecting link with excel data and the second one with 120 letters. Now if I add say 10 more rows in the excel file, how can I get it updated in the second file containing 120 letters?

    Regards,

  • Erin says:
    May 13, 2015 at 3:34 pm

    When doing a mail merge in MS Office Professional Plus 2013 I set my greeting line format to be Dear Mr. Randall, but the preview shows it as Dear Jack Randall. If I go into Match Fields and change the first name block to "not matched" it goes to the default "Dear Sir or Madam,". Do you know how I can get this to work?

  • Yukthi says:
    April 8, 2015 at 6:53 am

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  • Susan says:
    April 1, 2015 at 3:04 pm

    When I use the DDE option as indicated I am unable to select a specific sheet for my import ( My file has different sheets , linked to each other so I don't want to paste it in a seperate sheet. It slows down the computer is the sheets are linked to sheets in different files) I do I get around this

  • Bev says:
    March 31, 2015 at 8:05 pm

    I am trying to do a mail merge from Excel to Word in a Chart-type form. I can everything to merge except one field. This field will occasionally pull correctly but typically pulls as 0. It should be in the format ####### or blank. I have tried changing the format of the excel file to many different types but this field does not work.

    Please help.

  • Colleen says:
    March 25, 2015 at 2:36 pm

    Hey - Thank you so much for these easy to follow instructions. I've tried mail merge before and I wanted to pull my hair out. I'm glad I found your instructions. You rock!

  • Sam says:
    March 21, 2015 at 10:57 pm

    The manual is great!
    There is also Gendo (www.gendo.me) that does it a bit faster ( merges data into docx template).

  • sherjhe says:
    March 12, 2015 at 10:01 am

    Hi,

    We are using mail merge by disseminating email to our member. This features on MS office is very helpful to our association. However, we experience lately that some of our email hasn't successfully received by the recipient. It's weird because when you check the email, it's already on sent items folder.

    I'm using MS Office 2013 under Window 7 as operating system. I tried to look for a solution by checking it to internet. I follow and do all instruction they advice but still no avail. I hope you can help us with this issue.

  • Ben says:
    March 4, 2015 at 3:21 am

    how can i re-arrange numbering on the merged document?

  • Ben says:
    March 4, 2015 at 2:51 am

    I am trying to format the numbering in the word document after mail merging. There are several documents that need to be numbered.

    Please assist.

  • Lisa says:
    February 10, 2015 at 4:08 pm

    Everything is very useful on your site so first a big thank you. When I am trying to fix the percentage fields in my WORD document being merged from Excel, they are still not displaying correctly according to your instructions. 0.36734693877551022 needs to be formatted as a percent which in actuality needs to be displayed as 37%. Your instructions either allow it to look like .36% or 0%. Can you please send me the formula to achieve this? I am sure it can be done.

    Thanks for your help.

    • Alexander says:
      February 11, 2015 at 4:17 pm

      Hello Lisa,

      Please try to apply the “Percentage” format to your cells in Excel.

  • Anonymous says:
    February 7, 2015 at 7:15 am

    Hey Buddy,

    Thanks you very much,
    I want to convert the number into % format, tried many solution, some of work sometimes so very disappointed but this trick works very easily.

    Thanks a lot!!!

  • Ian says:
    February 5, 2015 at 8:05 pm

    I am using mail merge to create a set of invoices. I then want to be able to email them to the recipients. Can Word mail merge handle that or do I need another piece of software to email out the invoices when created? I have the email addresses in the same excel spreadsheet that gives the other details for the mail merge as we request recipients to validate the email address we have on file for them at the bottom of their invoice.

    • Alexander says:
      February 12, 2015 at 4:41 pm

      Hello Lan,

      I am sorry, there is no way to fulfill your task using the standard Microsoft Word features. You need special software for this task, please google for it – there are quite many programs that can help you. We can’t recommend you anything as you know better what features you need.

  • Tova Bud says:
    January 19, 2015 at 7:55 pm

    Hi!
    I am trying to make a mail merge, from data in excel sheet. One of the columns has this pattern: 000-000-000
    When I import the list, enter the field of that column, it comes out on the label like this:000000000
    Do you know the reason? How can I save it in the above layout?

    Thank you

  • Rose says:
    January 15, 2015 at 7:45 am

    HI

    I need to draft increase letters and using annual amount so I need the salary to appear like this R120 846.00 without me separating the thousand and Hundreds currently even though I have a space between thousands and Hundreds it appears like theses R120846.00

    Please help

  • Saqib says:
    January 2, 2015 at 10:46 am

    Dear Svetlana Cheusheva:
    I have a problem while acting upon the method you mentioned above. i.e (2. Browse to your spreadsheet, double-click it, choose MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls), then click OK.)
    When i select "MS Excel Worksheets via DDE (*.xls)" it shows an error message. Message from this box is as under:
    "Word could not re-establish a DDE connection to MS Excel to complete the current task"

    Detail mentioned in this box is here:
    "This error message can appear if you attempt to insert a database into a Word document as an object or attach an Access data source to a Word mail-merge main document.
    This error message usually occurs if there is a problem communicating via Dynamic Data Exchange (DDE).
    Possible remedies are to reboot the system or attach the data source using an alternate method (ODBC, DAO).
    For more information, see Microsoft Knowledge Base article 918594."

    Dear i am in dire need to retain the original format. Kindly help me.

    Blessed
    Muhammad Saqib

  • Henry says:
    December 11, 2014 at 3:40 pm

    How do I use the decimal alignment tab to lineup my numbers by decimal place while performing the merge? Everytime I try to do this after the merge it just pushes every other part of the merge into a different place.

    • Hello Henry,

      Please send screenshots of the source data and the result to and our support team will try to help.

  • Don says:
    December 3, 2014 at 6:13 pm

    Wow! I found multiple articles to learn about the Mail Merge option in Word and yet you clearly explained here what took all those separate articles to explain. Thank you! I have a question though.

    My specific application of the mail merge is from an Excel file that is consistently being updated throughout the day. In other words, recipients are being added to the Excel file list periodically during the day. I would like to print my letters (in my specific application they are certificates) periodically throughout the day with the most updated recipient list from the Excel file. It is the same Excel file every time. What I have attempted is to "Refresh" the file in Word after clicking on "Edit Recipient List," then selecting the Data Source, then clicking "Refresh." Yet this does not seem to work. I cannot see the most recently added recipients.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks again for the article!

    Don

    • Hello Don,

      Thank you very much for your kind words. If your Excel data reside in a simple Excel range, try converting it into an Excel Table (select the data and click Insert tab > Table). Then enter the Table Name in the corresponding field on the Design tab and specify this table name as the data source when doing mail merge. If "Refresh" still doesn't work, then you can send a small sample workbook with your data and the Mail merge pattern to and our support team will try to help.

      • Allan says:
        December 30, 2014 at 12:46 am

        Don, if your data is not refreshing in your Word mail merge document, make sure the Excel workbook has been saved. Word cannot see your on-screen Excel data, only data that has actually been saved in the workbook.

  • Don says:
    November 29, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    If I am producing, say, 40 merge letters, can I run the merge without printing, but save the file of 40 letters to be printed later? Thanks.

    • Hello Don,

      You can save the mail merge file as a usual Word document by clicking the Save button or pressing Ctrl+S.

  • Rachel says:
    November 21, 2014 at 10:55 am

    Hi - I am trying to do a mailmerge and when I try and connect the spreadsheet I need to use to input the fields I get an "error" message which says that it is not in the correct format?

    Are you able to help?

    Thanks

  • Maggie says:
    November 18, 2014 at 4:26 pm

    Hi,

    Is it possible to only merge cells that are a specific color on the spreadsheet? I have categories divided by color, and only want to merge one specific category.

    Maggie

    • Hello Maggie,

      You can fulfill your task using VBA functions. If you can send a sample workbook to , our support team will try to help.

  • Lokesh says:
    November 12, 2014 at 12:03 pm

    Hi,
    can u do mail merge from Excel to Word by vba coding also.

  • Jialin says:
    November 9, 2014 at 6:10 am

    Hi Svetlana,

    I need to create a macro in excel that can do a mail merge on a single row of data for me.

    More specifically, I would like the macro starts off by asking me which row in excel be mail-merged.(or the macro can start off after I highlighted a row) Then somehow I would like to activate mail merge inside of my excel macro code-up to the last step-print preview of my merged letter. The computers in my company are using word 2003 and excel 2003... Any ideas would be greatly appreciated!

    • Hi Jialin,

      I'm sorry, I have very little experience with macros. You can probably try finding a solution on targeted forums like mrexcel.com or excelforum.com.

  • Amanda says:
    November 7, 2014 at 3:15 pm

    After I changed my settings to use the DDE I can no longer choose a different tab on the excel spreadsheet that I choose in mail merge to get my data to go on my letter in word via mail merge. Is there a way to choose the specific tab still?

  • Jarek says:
    November 7, 2014 at 8:53 am

    Hello,
    I’m merge excel file with word 2013 to fill a preprinted form. This requires merger letter by letter (letters finally are printed in separate pre-printed squares). I have a problem with names like “Anna Maria” where I have space in the middle.
    I separate letters in excel (one letter by column) and merge. When imported letter is a space (in this case fifth) is not included in word. The merged document shows ANNAMARIA. When replace space by “_” everything looks fine (Anna_Maria). How to overcome this problem?
    Jarek

  • Miles says:
    November 6, 2014 at 1:12 am

    Hi, My query is how do I translate a set date from excell over to microsoft word. I have gotten many different dates by "Ctrl ;" a worksheet For example a date being 16 October 2014. When I go the the mailings section it changes it to gibberish: 41931. I have read the "Format date and time" section many times but have been unable to fix this thanks.

  • rinku says:
    October 25, 2014 at 5:51 pm

    how do I mail merge a cell which contains the formula into Ms word.actually I am calculating the EMI in excel through formula but in Ms word it is not functioning. plz help.

    • Hello Rinku,

      It looks strange. Generally, the formula results are copied to Word, not the formulas themselves. You'd better contact Microsoft support service (support.microsoft.com) regarding this issue.

  • Serena Grayson says:
    October 24, 2014 at 1:48 pm

    How do I get a document (11x8.5), that has cards set 3 up on the page to change personalization records on each card?

    • Hello Serena,

      I am sorry, your task is not quite clear. Please describe it in more detail.

    • Allan says:
      December 30, 2014 at 12:57 am

      Serena Grayson, if you have all the merge fields in each of the 3 cards on the page, and you see identical information on all of them, then you must let Word know that this form contains multiple "pages".

      1] Place your cursor in the first position in the "new" record
      2] Click on the Mailings tab
      3] Select Rules then Next Record
      4] Repeat this for each new record on the page

      This tells Word that there are to be multiple records on a single page, and that the next record will begin at this point.

  • beth says:
    October 17, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    I have zero dollar amounts that I want to show as zero in my word merge. No matter how I format (currency, text, etc.), the zero value fields in word are blank. Help

  • MaryBeth says:
    October 10, 2014 at 4:41 pm

    I am using Office 2013 at work. I have followed the steps for the DDE Dynamic Data Exchange. Whenever I select the Excel file I get an error message: "Something went wrong". It suggested I repair office, which I did and I still can not complete my mail merge. I am able to complete the same mail merge on my home computer with Office 2010. What can I do to use my Office 2013 to complete my mail merge?

  • JenJams says:
    September 4, 2014 at 6:31 am

    If Excel has words in different colours, is it possible that once you've mailmerged it to Word the different colours will appear on the Word document please ?

  • Jo59 says:
    September 3, 2014 at 11:38 am

    I mean having for example "Hi #FirstName, #ObjMesForFirstname"

    #fields coming from list as #AdressBlock or #GreetingLine mentionned in your article

  • Jo59 says:
    September 3, 2014 at 11:34 am

    Dear Svetlana,
    First, Congratulation for your great work !
    Just a question : Is there a way to personalize the object of the message when merging as email messages ? I mean having for example "Hi <>, <>" as message object ? I can't find it in dialog box ? Is it possible with a Macro or ???.
    Thanks in advance
    Jocelyne.

  • Kuldeep Kaushik says:
    August 21, 2014 at 12:56 pm

    My query is if i m preparing annual letters and few employeesare getting special allowance which i will reflect otjer than the sub heads of salary then while using if-then-else condition how different values can be merged.

    • Hello Kuldeep,

      Please send me a sample workbook with your data at Most likely, the if/else logic should be implemented in Excel columns, and the result passed to Word.

  • Anonymous says:
    August 9, 2014 at 7:43 pm

    Hi Jeff

    I want to personalize a letter with different case numbers.

    • Sorry, I cannot follow you. Could you elaborate on the task, please?

  • Jeff Pope says:
    July 24, 2014 at 10:07 pm

    Is there anyway to bring the colour of the excel cell over.?

    • Hi Jeff,

      Sorry, I do not exactly understand your question. If you want to have the color of your Excel cells automatically copied to a Word document during Mail Merge, this is not possible. If you are asking about something different, please explain in more detail. Thank you!

      • yunus says:
        March 1, 2021 at 7:59 am

        I think he meant the color of the text set in Excel. I found this can't be done. Also the text formatting (italic, bold, underlined) transfer from Excel also is not possible. But you have option to use existing format of the paragraph, or not (using \* charformat to derive).

  • How do I insert a list of names in Word?

    Create a mailing list in Word.
    Go to File > New > New Document..
    Go to Mailings > Select Recipients > Create a New List..
    In the Edit List Fields, you'll see a set of automatic fields that Word supplies. ... .
    Use the Up and Down buttons to reposition fields..
    Select Create..
    In the Save dialog, give the list a name and save it..

    How do I put multiple people on a Word document?

    Collaborate in Word.
    Select Share. on the ribbon. Or, select File > Share. Note: If your file is not already saved to OneDrive, you'll be prompted to upload your file to OneDrive to share it..
    Select who you want to share with from the drop-down, or enter a name or email address..
    Add a message (optional) and select Send..

    How do I automatically add names in Word?

    If you want to automatically insert the user name in your documents, you can follow these steps:.
    Position the insertion point where you want the user name inserted..
    Choose Field from the Insert menu. ... .
    In the Categories list, choose User Information. ... .
    In the Field Names list choose UserName..
    Click on OK..

    How do you add multiple names to a mail merge?

    Add Multiple Recipients​.
    Use the dynamic CC and BCC option and include the other recipients in the same message but in the CC/BCC fields..
    Add multiple email addresses in the Email Address column, separated with commas. Each recipient will then be included in the To field of your outgoing email message..