How do I… Integrate mail merge in Microsoft Word with Excel

by Scott Lowe MCSE  |  September 26, 2010, 10:28am PDT  |  Image 6 of 18

Select the sheet on which your information resides

Most people are not familiar with "Named Ranges" in Excel (I'll cover them in a future article), so the resulting window might be a little confusing at first since it looks like gibberish. Notice that three of the four choices are the names of the individual sheets (Sheet1, Sheet2 and Sheet3). In my Excel file, the inventory information is on "Sheet1", so I will choose the corresponding option from the Select Table window. Note also the "First row of data contains column headers" option at the bottom of this window. As I mentioned before, it's really a good idea if you include headers in your spreadsheet. However, if you don't want to do so, make sure you uncheck this box. If you don't, Word will assume that the first row of your data contains headings.

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