Can you mail merge in outlook using excel

Yes, you can use Outlook's built-in feature called "Mail Merge" to merge data from an Excel spreadsheet into an email message. Here's a step-by-step guide:

Prerequisites:

  1. You need to have Outlook 2010 or later version installed on your computer.
  2. You need to have an Excel spreadsheet with the data you want to merge into the email message.
  3. The Excel spreadsheet should have a header row with column names that match the fields you want to merge into the email message.

Step-by-Step Instructions:

  1. Open Outlook and create a new email message by clicking on the "New Email" button in the Home tab.
  2. Click on the "Insert" tab in the ribbon and then click on "Quick Parts" > "Mail Merge" > "Mail Merge" (or use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + M).
  3. In the "Mail Merge" dialog box, select "Use an existing list" and then click on "Browse" to select the Excel spreadsheet that contains the data you want to merge.
  4. In the "Select a file" dialog box, navigate to the location of your Excel spreadsheet and select it. Click "Open" to load the spreadsheet into the Mail Merge dialog box.
  5. In the "Mail Merge" dialog box, select the worksheet and range of cells that contain the data you want to merge. You can also specify the header row by checking the box next to "Header row".
  6. Click on the "Next" button to proceed to the "Select recipients" page.
  7. In the "Select recipients" page, you can choose to merge the data with an existing contact list or create a new list. If you choose to create a new list, you can specify the fields that you want to use to match the recipients.
  8. Click on the "Next" button to proceed to the "Write your message" page.
  9. In the "Write your message" page, you can write the email message using placeholders for the merged fields. For example, you can use the placeholder "First Name" to insert the first name of each recipient.
  10. Click on the "Finish & Merge" button to merge the data into the email message.
  11. In the "Merge to" dialog box, select the format for the merged email message (e.g., plain text, HTML, or RTF).
  12. Click on the "OK" button to merge the data and send the email message to each recipient.

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