Need help merging Windows Mail Merge.

[The Backlash Cometh]

Okay, so I know where the data is located after I did a merge, but I don't know how to connect that data to the program. To complicate things, I want to also put everything on a thumbdrive for archive purposes. So how do I connect the program and messages, and how do I transport both of them to a thumbdrive?

[canetoad]

1. Not sure I understand

Have you done the merge ie, created a merge document, created merge fields in it and merged a data source to produce a batch of labels/letters/envelopes with the merge data?

If you've got that far it means you have probably merged to a new document. You need to find where you stored that document. It will be named SOMETHING.doc just like an ordinary Word doc. There's no need to connect it afterwards - just open it and your merged document will contain everything you merged into it.

To archive, just copy the merged document to your flash drive. No need to copy data source as well. If you haven't got as far as creating a new merged document, let my know (PM if you like).

[The Backlash Cometh]

2. Not that kind of merge.

I downloaded my on-line e-mail to Windows Mail on my computer. From there I tried to transfer everything to a thumbdrive for archive purposes.