othertonka
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I am looking for a free data base program, something that will work with Microsoft Word for mail merge. Any suggestions? Thanks
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SkyDrive is a microsoft cloud program that works with word
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Make your own database in Microsoft.
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Try OpenOffice -- it is similar to Microsoft Office and has a database.
http://www.openoffice.org/
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Or try LibreOffice - it's what OpenOffice used to be before Oracle bought it and ruined it.
http://www.libreoffice.org/
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othertonka
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Thanks all for the quick response. I will look at all of them.
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Open Office is very similar to Microsoft office and is free.
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TMBLSN
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Mail Merge?
Why not use Excel?
If you must use a database, I agree with the recommendations for Open Office.
But, Mail Merge rarely requires more than a simple list that can be maintained in Excel. Databases are for complex data storage with multiple relational tables.
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Also, if you have Word, you may very well have Microsoft Access - a database program that somes bundles in some versions of the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft applications play very nicely with other Microsoft applications, and mail merge will certainly work from Access to Word.
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TMBLSN
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Roaming Together wrote:Also, if you have Word, you may very well have Microsoft Access - a database program that somes bundles in some versions of the Microsoft Office suite. Microsoft applications play very nicely with other Microsoft applications, and mail merge will certainly work from Access to Word.
I would hope not. If he knows enough to WANT a database program and believes that he is capable of USING a database program, then he would surely know if he HAS a database program (Access). The only way to get Access is by buying a significantly more expensive edition of Office; for which you get Access and Publisher.
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/buy/of........-suite-is-right-for-you-FX101825640.aspx
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