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Why would people need mail merge when making written reports? Heck I bet you the money in my wallet that less than 1% of current users even know how to do a ma
by baldfat 11y ago
Why would people need mail merge when making written reports? Heck I bet you the money in my wallet that less than 1% of current users even know how to do a mail merge let alone have a use for it. Sure in the 1980s and 90s doing mail merges for people's Christmas letters felt like a killer app at the time doesn't really get used much these days in Office.
- ZenoArrow 11y ago> "Why would people need mail merge when making written reports?" Depends on whether you want the data to be easily reusable or not. Is there no need for any summarisation of the data on these reports? Is the layout of these reports standardised in any way? Mail merge isn't exactly an advanced feature, all you need is a basic Excel spreadsheet containing the data you want to insert. Takes 10 minutes or less to teach someone how to use it.
- baldfat 11y agoYou do know you can do mail merge in Google Docs? I am certainly not trying to say mail merge is an advance feature. I am just saying MOST people can not do a mail merge, THE VAST majority.
- ZenoArrow 11y agoCannot because they can understand it or cannot because they haven't been shown it?