Access mailing list with MS Word

Not really. I will check that out. I just don't want to have to retype all the names and addresses again. There are hundreds. I want to be able to pick certain names from the mailing list in Access and attach them to a generic letter in Word. Thanks.

Linda Oz,

See this.

Not quite sure what you want to do with the list exactly, but have you looked at the Mail Merge function?

I tried that but wasn't able to actually bring the name and address of a person in from the mailing list done in Access to my letter in MS word.

Linda,

Try this task from Access. Open the database, then choose the table or query where your data is stored. Click Tools, Office Links, Merge it with Word. Then follow the wizard to find your letter and insert the necessary fields.

You can change that to Shared mode one of two ways:

Tools, Options, Advanced tab. Check the Shared Default Open Mode

or

When you open the database, look for a drop down button on the Open button in the dialog box and choose Shared.

The first is the easiest, but you may have to change it back again if needed.

I tried that but it came up as "Mail Merge Wizard cannot continue because database is in the exclusive mode". I went to help to try to see what that was all about, but could find nothing.

You did it. Thank you so very much. It worked. This has saved me hours of work. Thank you.