Pitney Bowes DocuMatch Integrated Mail System Application Notes page 29

Setting Up Files for Merging with WordPerfect for Windows, continued
Running the
Merge in
WordPerfect 6.1
DocuMatch Integrated Mail System
TM
6. Click on OK again and the records and fields you have
selected will be imported.
7. Save the imported data, then click on Go to Form on
the Mail Merge toolbar to create or select your form file.
1. Once your data and form files are set up, click on
Merge on the Mail Merge toolbar
2. Click the Merge button, bringing up the Perform Merge
dialog.
3. Select your Form (usually Current Document) and Data
files if they are not already selected. If you click on
Select Records, a dialog will display that lets you
choose a range of records to be merged or filter
records based on the data in the merge fields.
4. Under Output file you can select New Document or
Printer.
If you select New Document, WordPerfect will create a
new document which contains the results of the merge.
You can then examine the results of the merge and, if
all is OK, print the merged document to the DocuMatch
system. This is helpful for testing or if you are printing
in batches of no more than a few hundred pieces, but
can be very time consuming if you are running large
batches. It also consumes large amounts of disk space.
A better method for large jobs is to select Printer under
Output file. With this option selected, WordPerfect sends
its output directly to its print spooler rather than creating a
new document that must be printed separately. However, if
you are using this option, you should add a hard page
break (Ctrl-Enter) at the end of the last page of your letter.
Make sure there are no blank lines (Enters) after the page
break. Then click on Options in the Perform Merge dialog
and deselect Separate each Merged Document with a
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