Mail Merge IGCSE ICT 0417 May/June 2020 Paper 2

Mail merge is feature of computer system which enables us personalize our letter and documents with data source and main document.
 * Presentation – Complete video for teachers and learners on Mail merge
 * IGCSE Practice Revision Exercise which covers all the related concepts required for students to unravel any IGCSE Exam Style Mail merge Questions

• Learner will be able to say authoritatively that I can:
  –– explain why mail merged documents are created
  –– edit a master document to insert appropriate fields from a data source
  –– insert special fields such as date
  –– select records to merge
  –– merge a document with selected fields
  –– save and print merge master document
  –– save and print selected merged documents, as appropriate
  Advantages…
  • One standard letter can be written and sent to all customers without having to manually add each name and address
  • The letter can be personalised - it looks as though the letter has been written to the individual person
  • It’s a very fast way to produce hundreds of personalised letters