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Mail merge - a technique for creating single-word documents in a text editor that differs only in the contents of key document fields that are automatically populated with the contents of fields retrieved from an external database.

Creating a mail merge requires writing a master document with the text and inserting fields corresponding to it eg the address database - name, mailing address, e-mail address, etc. When the master document is merged with the external database a series of personalized documents will be created. "Name" field with names from the database, etc. A series of such documents can be used as ordinary letters, e-mail, fax, labels, envelopes, etc.

Mail merge is usually used in offices, and the tools for creating it are included in all high-end office suites such as OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, WordPerfect Office, etc. This technology greatly simplifies and speeds up the mailing process for many people by replacing old- The computer era in which writing this kind of document usually required manual editing of each letter individually.

Example of a template in the editor - At the moment of generating a series of finished documents, the "address block" and "greeting" fields are replaced with specific data from the database, such as "Jan Kowalski, Warsaw" and "Sir," "Selena von Eichendorff, Inowrocław. "and" Dear Lady "and so on. Company Name [Click here and enter return address.] 2004-12-31 «Address block» «Greeting line» Enter your message here. Sincerely [Click here and enter your name.] [Click here and enter your position.]

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