| Mail merge is the automatic transfer of data from a | | | | document you usually send to your prospective seller |
| file like spreadsheet to an address label and/or | | | | will look like. To personalize this letter, you would only |
| personalized mailing items such as stationary, letter or | | | | need a spreadsheet file or excel file containing the |
| envelopes. This kind of computer program is used for | | | | data needed to personalize this letter. |
| simplifying repetitive documents and tasks such as | | | | At this point, the tutorial will then ask, "Which excel |
| sending letters to the owners of Tax Lien properties. In | | | | spreadsheets would you like to use as a source to fill |
| the Tax Delinquent Investment business, it is important | | | | your letter with the names?" Then you browse for the |
| to know how to automate mundane business | | | | file located somewhere in your disk space. When |
| processes to maximize time and effort. One of the | | | | located, you already have the two vital parts to your |
| things you can do with this automated process is to | | | | mail merge. You are now ready to prep your |
| merge the rows from an excel spreadsheet right into | | | | documents. |
| a letter in Microsoft Word. You do not need a funky | | | | Finding the data from the spreadsheet to attach to |
| macro or complicated programming for that. All you | | | | your letter, the program will basically show you a list of |
| need to do is use standard Microsoft Word program. | | | | fields that you can use from the spreadsheet. Choose |
| The way you do this is very simple. These are the | | | | whichever is necessary for your document from a |
| steps in learning how to do this: | | | | drop down menu. Most likely you're going to be using |
| - Open Microsoft Word | | | | the Full Name and the mailing address for your letter |
| - Once you're in Microsoft Word you press the F1 key | | | | and/or your envelopes. |
| on your keyboard, which opens the Help. | | | | The last step once you've identified which field goes |
| - In the help section of MS Word, you would only need | | | | where into Word, is confirming the merge after seeing |
| to type in "Mail Merge" | | | | the preview. If all looks OK then you are just a click |
| In the menu of help item, you will see a phrase, "How | | | | away from hundreds of personalized documents. This |
| to do a mass mailing using Microsoft mail merge." If | | | | process is so easy you will easily remember how to |
| you click on that it will lead you through a tutorial. In | | | | do this. Mail Merge will become a regular task in your |
| older versions of WORD, a written tutorial with | | | | letter writing process. And personalizing will just be |
| screenshots is available. In the new Microsoft word | | | | clicks away. If you send a letter of intent to a possible |
| version, the tutorial is more interactive with video and | | | | buyer, personalizing is key for them to know you are |
| audio. It seems like someone is actually talking to you | | | | treating them as an individual, a special individual. In Tax |
| and teaching you how to do this. Then you will have to | | | | Delinquent Investing, Automating processes can help |
| open the attached sample letter. That is what the | | | | you get Automatic Cash. |