How to do a tick on mail merge in outlook

In Outlook, you can use a mail merge to send personalized emails to a group of contacts. Here's a step-by-step guide on how to do a mail merge in Outlook:

Prerequisites:

  1. You have a list of contacts in Outlook (e.g., in a Contacts folder or a CSV file).
  2. You have a template email in Outlook (e.g., a new email message).
  3. You have Microsoft Word installed on your computer.

Step 1: Prepare your contacts list

  1. Open Outlook and go to the Contacts folder.
  2. Select the contacts you want to include in the mail merge. You can select multiple contacts by holding down the Ctrl key while clicking on each contact.
  3. Right-click on the selected contacts and choose "Export to a file" (or use the "File" menu and select "Export").
  4. Choose a file format (e.g., CSV) and save the file to a location on your computer.

Step 2: Create a mail merge template

  1. Open Outlook and create a new email message.
  2. Type in the subject line and the body of the email. You can use placeholders (e.g., [Name], [Email], [Company]) to represent the fields you want to populate from your contacts list.
  3. Save the email message as a template (e.g., "Mail Merge Template.dotx").

Step 3: Set up the mail merge

  1. Open Microsoft Word and create a new document.
  2. Go to the "Mailings" tab in the ribbon.
  3. Click on "Select Recipients" and choose "Use an existing list" (or "Use a new list" if you want to create a new list).
  4. Browse to the location where you saved your contacts list (e.g., the CSV file) and select it.
  5. Click "OK" to import the contacts list.

Step 4: Merge the contacts list with the template

  1. Go back to the "Mailings" tab in Word.
  2. Click on "Finish & Merge" and choose "Edit Individual Documents" (or "Send to All Recipients" if you want to send the emails immediately).
  3. Word will create a new document for each contact in your list, using the template and the contact information.

Step 5: Review and send the emails

  1. Review each email document to ensure the information is correct and formatted as desired.
  2. Send the emails to the recipients by clicking on the "Send" button in Word (or save them as drafts and send them later).

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