Comments on: Mail Merge Woes

Question: Mail Merge Woes

wavering — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:16:11 -0800

How do I address a few hundred newletters from a mailing database?

I have an 11x17 graphical newsletter, and 1/4th of one side of it is destined for an address. How can I take this file from InDesign and merge it with a mailing database so I can have the address automatically added and printed when I run these off?

By: demiurge

demiurge — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 06:43:21 -0800

Print it twice?

Print them all from indesign, then feed it through the printer again and print with some office program that lets you do the mail merge thing.

By: junkbox

junkbox — Wed, 25 Apr 2007 07:02:36 -0800

This is really easy. On the InDesign Help menu, type in Data Merge. "Basic Steps for Merging Data" will walk you through every step.

Basically, you create a database with all your names and addresses in it. You add the merge fields into your InDesign document (using the palette available at Window --> Automation --> Data Merge), then create the "merged" document which you print out. Presto!