notes

mail merge

To err is human. To really foul things up takes a computer.

Document template
Database (collection of records)

merge these two together

1) we will make the "database" in Excel
make the template in word
insert merge fields
merge the document

2) we will make the database in Word
perhaps modify some of the fields
(it saves it to an Access database)
make the template in word
insert merge fields
merge the document


EXCEL
spreadsheet package
what can i put in a cell?
literal
formulas (start with = sign)
operators, operands

debugging
computer bug
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper
formula auditing
evaluate formula

cell references