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Holy Rosary Academy of Las Piñas City Hele/Tle/ Techvoc Department SY 2021-2022
Holy Rosary Academy of Las Piñas City Hele/Tle/ Techvoc Department SY 2021-2022
DISCUSSION
The simplest solution for sending multiple letters to different people is to create a document
and just copy and paste it several times then just replace the details depending on whom you
send it to. But what if you have hundreds or thousands of recipients? Would not that take too
many hours? What if you have small database of information where you can automatically
generate those letters.
-Allows user to create documents and combine or merge them with another document or data
file. It is commonly used when sending out advertisement to various recipients.
TWO COMPONENTS OF MAIL MERGE:
1. FORM DOCUMENT
• Contains the message.
• Generally, the document that contains the min message we want to convey or send.
• The main body of the message is the part of the document that remains the same no
matter who you send it to from among your list.
2. LIST OR DATA FILE
• Contains the list of names and address.
• Where the individual information that needs to be merged to the form document is
placed and maintained
Place holders – referred to as data fields or merge fields. Marks the position on the form
document where individual data will be inserted.
Label generation
Included in mail merger that print individual address to a standard from that it has already
preformatted. Simply put, it creates a blank form document that simulates either a black label or
envelope or pre-defined size.
Steps in creating a Simple Mail Merger
26. Save the main document
27. Choose Finish and Merge to edit, print or send your merged document through email.
28. Or you may want to choose Preview Result to check your work before sending it.
29. Choose All to print your document. Alternatively, you can specify which records to print. Click
OK.
30. Save and close your document.
IMAGE PLACEMENT
1. In Line with Text - Default setting for images that are inserted. Usually used when need to
place the image at the beginning of a paragraph.
2. Square - The settings allows the image inserted to be placed anywhere within the paragraph
with text going around the image in a square pattern.
3. Tight - Conforms to the general shape of the image. Allows to get a more creative effect on
the document.
4. Through - The settings allows the text on your document to flow even tighter, taking the
contours and shapes of the image.
5. Top and Bottom - Settings that pushes the text away vertically to the top and/or the bottom of
the image so that the image occupies a whole text line on its own.
6. Behind Text - Allows the image to be dragged and placed anywhere on the document but the
text are floating in front of it.
7. Infront of Text - The settings allows the image to be placed on the top of the text as if the
image was dropped right on it.
EVALUATION
Direction: Do the following instruction.
1. Read and understand the usage of Mail Merge.
2. Create your own Letter thru mail merge steps.
3. In your paper/digital app, explain your understanding about the advantage of using the
mail merge for students, employee/worker, and a businessman.
LEARNING ACTIVITY
References:
1) Innovative Training Works, Inc., Science in Today’s World for Senior High School Empowerment
Technologies, Sibs Publishing House, 2017
2) Callo, Erwin R., Entrepreneurship K-12 Revised Edition, Vibal Publishing House
3) https://www.merriam-webster.com/