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8) Name the file in the Location field. The default is ...\Addresses.odb; but you
may replace Addresses with another name if you wish. You may also change
the name in the “Address book name” field. In our example, the name “Points”
was used for both.
Figure 303: Name the .odb file and the address book
9) Click Finish. The data source is now registered.
Creating a form letter
Example: Sending a letter to your customer base
A mail order company organized a campaign to assign credit points to
their customers according to the quantity of goods they buy during one
year.
At the end of the year, they want to send a letter to each customer to
show the total of credit points collected.
You can create a form letter manually, which is the simplest and most comprehensive
method and is described here, or you can use the Mail Merge wizard as described in
“Using the Mail Merge Wizard to create a form letter” starting on page 318. If you
elect to use the wizard, pay close attention to its current limitations, as identified
within its description.
1) Create a new text document: File > New > Text Document, or open a pre-
existing form letter with File > Open.
2) Display the registered data sources: View > Data sources (or press F4).
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