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Merging data into documents (mail merge) – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS User Manual

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AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual

2. On the computer from which you’re controlling the slide show, open the

AppleWorks Scripts folder (in the AppleWorks 5 folder), and then double-click
the Remote Slide Show script icon.

3. On the Slide Remote palette, click

.

4. Select options in the dialog box

5. Click OK.

To start and stop the slide show, click

and

on the Slide Remote

palette. Click

or

to go to the next or previous slide. Click

or

to go to the first or last slide.

Merging data into documents (mail merge)

You can insert information from a database document into another document
or frame by performing a mail merge.

You can merge a database document with:

1

a word processing document, to create a form letter that includes
personalized information for each recipient (for example, “Dear Chris”
instead of “Dear Customer”)

1

a spreadsheet document or frame, to create a report that’s easy to update
or to include a price list in a brochure

1

a text frame, to print an envelope or a label (see “Addressing envelopes”
on page 9-27)

For

Select

Zones

The zone for the computer on which you’re showing the
slides (you see this option only if your network has more
than one zone)

Macintoshes

The name of the computer on which you’re showing the
slides

Program

AppleWorks 5

*

Choose Index from the

or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from

the list and click Go To Topic.

In the Help index,

*

see:

E

found set

E

mail merge