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Mail Merge Envelopes

You can associate an envelope with mail merge documents that require mailing, so that you can generate both the letter and accompanying envelope simultaneously.

  1. Create or edit a mail merge document. See "Letter Library" for details.

  2. Open Envelope dialogClick to Open

    Word 2002/2003 - Click the Tools menu. Select Letters and Mailings and then Envelopes and Labels.

    Word 2007 or greater - Mailings ribbon bar > Create section > Envelopes.

  3. Envelope text & options Click to Open - If you are creating a new envelope for this document, type placeholder text (i.e. "aaa") in the Delivery address field. If you are editing an existing envelope, you can edit the address fields as needed. If you do not have pre-printed envelopes, type your address in the Return address field (or use the Address Book to select an address, if available). Otherwise, select the Omit option. You can also click the Options button to adjust the envelope size, orientation, and other printing details. When finished with the Options window, click Ok. Then, from the Envelopes and Labels dialog, click Add to Document (if you are creating a new envelope) or Change Document (if you are editing an envelope).

  4. Enter Address VariablesClick to Open - Your envelope appears at the top of your document. If you created a new envelope, click in the area where your placeholder text (i.e. "aaa") appears, and insert the appropriate return address mail merge variables. If you are editing an envelope, you can edit the variables as needed. (See "Mail Merge Tool: Variables" for details.)

  5. Save & Exit - Click the X in the upper right corner of the Word document window. As you exit, you have the opportunity to save the document.

More Information

Toggle Merge Code Display - When creating and editing documents with mail merge codes (such as variables and conditional statements), it is helpful and sometimes necessary to be able to see the codes. During regular daily use, however, you may wish to have them off. While different versions of Word have different ways of accessing this setting, an easy way to toggle the merge code display, regardless of your version of Word, is to press ALT+F9 on your keyboard.

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