Mail Merge Creates Forms

Create Fill-In Forms with Mail Merge

© Sharon Koss

Mar 12, 2007

Forms with the same type of information, but different, can be created with Microsoft Word's "Fill – In" prompts.


Start by creating the basic form and saving it in the usual way. Turn on the Mail Merge Toolbar. Create a simple Data Source with only two or three fields. These fields will not be used but are necessary.

Click in the document where the first "Fill-In" will be, next click on "Insert Word Field", click in the Prompt box, type a one word prompt that will guide you on what to enter in the box that will pop up when you run the Mail Merge program, next, click on "Ask once" then click on OK.

Continue setting up these "Fill-In" fields until all the needed fields have been set up. Save the document several times while in production.

Next, run the Mail Merge program, each "Fill-In" field, will prompt you for information to key into the box.

This document can be used when you have a lot of the same type of information from many different sources.

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