These instructions assume you have these things:

• PC with MS Word 97,
• Laser printer,
• the sticky labels, TUDOR 132138, same as AVERY A4 L7162, and
• the list of names and addresses.

2. The headings of each column must be the following (the order does not matter):
    LastName FirstName Title Address1 Address2 City State PostalCode
    So the document looks something like this:

Title	FirstName	LastName	Address1	Address2	City	State	PostalCode
Mr	Bruce	Smith	7 Beer Street	Big Hill	Canberra	ACT	2601
Mr & Mrs	Joe & Betty	Jones	8 Bangaloo St	Bourke		NSW	2001

The above names are ficticious.

3. Save the list with a filename something like: DatChatAddressesYYYYMMM.doc,
    eg DataChatAddresses1999Jul.doc. And close the Word Document.
4. Create a blank document.
5. Click TOOLS - MAIL MERGE
6. Click CREATE - MAILING LABELS - ACTIVE WINDOW
7. Click GET DATA - OPEN DATA SOURCE - select the document with the list of names and addresses saved in the previous steps above
8. SET UP MAIN DOCUMENT
9. Specify the type of labels in the printer.
10. Click INSERT MERGE FIELD - Title
11. then a space
12. Click INSERT MERGE FIELD - FirstName
13, then a space
14. Click INSERT MERGE FIELD - Last Name
15. then a return
16. Contunie until you have something like this:
    <<Title>> <<FirstName>> <<LastName>>
    <<Address1>>
    <<Address2>>
    <<City>>
    <<State>> <<PostalCode>>
17. Merge
18. Print to a blank page first to check everything will be okay before printing on the labels.

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