COMP 1010 Lecture Notes - Lecture 56: Mail Merge, Word Processor
17 May 2017
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Lomoar cpsd| 987298: exporting: getting data out of an application for re-use in other application. Importing: adding data to one document from another document. These are about moving not sharing data from one application to another. Most common way to move data between different software packages. Fill in the blanks process where blanks (known as merge fields) in a word processing document (known as the main document) are filled in with values taken from a different document (data source) Fills out many copies of the main document using information form the data source. Information in data source must be stored in form of records usually from a database. When producing the mail merge, every record in the data source will generate a new copy of the entire document, with its merge fields filled in using values from the data source. Most common use: mass mailing: use to create letters, envelopes, to send copies of a document to many different people.
