[Year 12 IT Apps] OT- Mail merge and word

[Mark Kelly]

Dammit - I was trying to be subtle  ;-)

Hutchison, Geoffrey G wrote:
> Hi Mark,
> 
> I take it you don't like Word's Mail merge then?!!
> 
> Geoff
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Mark Kelly
> Sent: Friday, 22 August 2008 9:09 PM
> To: Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: Re: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT- Mail merge and word
> 
> The shortest useful document is one I wrote which, in its entirety is:
> 
> Don't.
> 
> Word's mail merge has not improved in 20 years.  Wordperfect 5 trounced 
> it soundly in 1981, and Microsoft has made NO effort to improve its 
> execrable merge technology since then.
> 
> It is a mad, sick, slavering dog with mailmerge rabies to be shot on 
> first sight.
> 
> Run, screaming, at the first sight of Word mail merge. Use Filemaker and
> 
> its merge codes instead.
> 
> The best I can offer is:
> http://www.mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au/vceit/howto/merge/index.htm
> but that's like getting a junkie onto using clean needles instead of 
> kicking the powder.
> 
> This is an official announcement.  You have been warned. Just say NO to 
> word mail Merge.
> 
> Thank you.
> 
> Mark
> 
> Claudia Graham wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>  
>>
>> Sorry for the OT request, but thought I'd rather post here then
> reinvent
>> the wheel!
>>
>>  
>>
>> Does anyone have a short instruction sheet on mail merge with excel in
>> Office 07?
>>
>>  
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Claudia
>>
>>  
>>
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