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Using Outlook Contacts with Mail Merge
Part 5: Finalizing the Merge
 More of this Feature
• Part 1: Setting up the Main Document
• Part 2: Selecting Recipients
• Part 3: Inserting Merge Fields
• Part 4: Previewing Your Documents
 
 Related Terms
• Mail Merge
• Data Source
• Record
 
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• Word Tutorials
• Intro to Mail Merge
• Excel and Mail Merge
 

Before the data and the document are merged, you are given the choice to edit individual letters.



Choice 1: If you just wish to merge the data with main document without making any individual changes, click Print on the Mail merge Wizard pane. The Merge to Printer dialog box will open:



We are going to print all, so click OK. The Print dialog box will appear; you can interact with it as you would with one for a normal document.

Choice 2: Clicking on Edit individual letters will bring up the following dialog box:



For this tutorial, we are going to merge all records with the document, so click OK. A new Word window will appear containing the merged letters. In this window you can scroll through them all, make any changes or additions to them on an individual basis, and then print them as you would a normal document. You can also save the file for future use. You will still have the merge document.



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