printing a recipient list in mail merge (word 2007)

[dovidshmuel]

I am using Word 2007 with Vista. How do I print out the names, addresses, etc for the entries on my recipient list in my mail merge? Not to print letters, just to print out a list of the entries in the recipient list.

[HansV]

What is the data source of your mail merge? You may be able to open the data source in its own application and print it from there.
If you prefer to use mail merge:
- Activate the Mailings tab of the ribbon.
- Click on Start Mail Merge and select Directory from the dropdown list.
- Alternatively, select Step by Step Mail Merge Wizard, and select Directory in Step 1.
- Proceed as usual with a mail merge.

[dovidshmuel]

That did it. Thanks.
Maybe you know how I can combine two recipient lists into one?

[HansV]

Mail merge itself does not have that capability, so you'll have to do it in the source application. What kind of recipient lists are you using? Word documents, Excel worksheets, Access tables, Outlook contacts, or ...?

[macropod]

Hi dovid,

If you're able to add a dummy last record to your datasource, you could extract a recipients list at the end of the mailmerge using a field in your main mailmerge document coded like:
{IF{MERGEFIELD Recipient}= "Final" {REF Recipients} {IF{MERGESEQ}= 1 {SET Recipients {MERGEFIELD Recipient}} {SET Recipients "{REF Recipents}, {MERGEFIELD Recipient}"}}}
In the above example, I've used a data field named 'Recipient' and assumed a dummy last record with a "recipient" named 'Final'.

[dovidshmuel]

I'm not very computer literate so I can't answer your question. I did a mail merge and chose "create a new list" and used the dialog box that appears to enter my data.

[HansV]

That means that it's probably an Access database. You should be able to see the file name in step 3 of the mail merge wizard. The database is probably stored in the (My) DataSources folder in (My) Documents.
Try to locate and open the database, you should then be able to print the table named Office_Address_List.

[dovidshmuel]

thanks for the help!