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Mail merge, for many people, conjures thoughts of junk mail. While it is an undeniable fact that a lot of junk mail is generated by mail merge, mail merge can be used for so much more than just producing mass mailings; the mail merge feature essentially takes two parts – a main document and a data source – and merges them, so that you can achieve customized documents without the hassle of typing each one individually. Mail merge can be used to create any type of printed document, as well as electronically distributed documents and faxes. The possibilities for what can be created with mail merge are virtually limitless. Here are some examples:

• Catalogs
• Inventories
• Invoices
• Labels
• Envelopes
• And, of course, letters