2013 outlook mail merge
A blast from the past!
Outlook 2013 does support mail merge, but it's a bit more limited compared to newer versions of Outlook. Here's a brief overview of how to use mail merge in Outlook 2013:
Prerequisites:
- You need to have Microsoft Word 2013 installed on your computer.
- You need to have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription or a standalone copy of Microsoft Office 2013.
Step-by-Step Instructions:
- Open Outlook 2013 and create a new email message.
- Click on the "Insert" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on "Quick Parts" and then "Document Property" to insert a mail merge field.
- In the "Document Property" dialog box, select the field you want to insert (e.g., "First Name", "Last Name", etc.).
- Click "OK" to insert the field.
- Repeat steps 3-5 for each field you want to insert.
- Once you've inserted all the fields, you can use the "Mail Merge" feature in Word 2013 to merge the data with the email template.
Using Mail Merge in Word 2013:
- Open Word 2013 and create a new document.
- Click on the "Mailings" tab in the ribbon.
- Click on "Start Mail Merge" and select "Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard".
- Follow the wizard to select the data source (e.g., an Excel spreadsheet), the document type (e.g., email), and the fields you want to merge.
- Click "Finish" to merge the data with the document.
- Save the document as a Word file (.docx).
- Go back to Outlook 2013 and open the email message you created earlier.
- Click on the "Insert" tab and select "Object" to insert the Word document into the email message.
- Resize the document to fit the email message and adjust the formatting as needed.
Limitations:
- Outlook 2013's mail merge feature is limited to inserting text fields only. You cannot insert images or other types of data.
- You need to have a Microsoft Office 365 subscription or a standalone copy of Microsoft Office 2013 to use mail merge in Outlook 2013.
- Mail merge in Outlook 2013 is not as robust as the feature in newer versions of Outlook, such as Outlook 2016 or Outlook 2019.