Learn how to sort the data file. Examine the option of entering data into a table. All of these are reasons for using the merge feature. Basically, to merge you first need to create a data file. The last step is to combine or merge these two documents into a new document.
Data means information.
You can have records with other types of information, too. For most of the exercises in this three-part series, we will tell you what fields to use and what names to give the fields, so everyone will be working with the same files. We decided to split the name, because we'll be doing informal letters and use just the first name in the salutation. However, if in your own applications you know you only intend to print mail labels, you can make the first name and last name one field, called Name. This field may be blank sometimes.