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

Laurie Savage sav at pvgc.vic.edu.au
Mon Aug 25 11:23:29 EST 2008 

No - a mate and I spent a lot of year 12 under it rather than in it!

Laurie

Just recently, on Mon, Aug 25, 2008 at 11:06:36AM +1000  in fact, Mark Scott mentioned:
> Nice car, did you have it from new?
> 
> : )
> 
> Mark Scott
> "If you don't change direction, you will probably end up where you are heading." Sara Felder
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2008 10:47 AM
> To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT- Mail merge and word
> 
> They were nice weren't they. Mind you I'm still fond of my old Triumph Herald Convertible too!
> It's probably time for my pills ... nurse!
> 
> Laurie
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Mark Scott
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2008 10:14 AM
> To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT- Mail merge and word
> 
> I still have my Osborne luggable and it still works.
> 
> Twin 51/2 inch floppy drives and a 5 inch screen, ah there was a beautiful (but somewhat heavy) machine.
> 
> Mark Scott
> Luther College
> "If you don't change direction, you will probably end up where you are heading." Sara Felder
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au [mailto:itapps-bounces at edulists.com.au]
> On Behalf Of Laurie Savage
> Sent: Monday, 25 August 2008 10:00 AM
> To: 'Year 12 IT Applications Teachers' Mailing List'
> Subject: RE: [Year 12 IT Apps] OT- Mail merge and word
> 
> Sorry to be pedantic but shouldn't that be 1991? We were all using Wang workstations, AppleWorks or Zardax on a IIE or maybe WordStar 2.26 on our Osborne 1 luggable in 1981.
> 
> -----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!
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> >
> >
> > Does anyone have a short instruction sheet on mail merge with excel in
> > Office 07?
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> >
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Claudia
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> McKinnon Secondary College
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Laurie Savage
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