REVISION FOR SIXWEEKLY SUMMARY Mail Merge Mail merge

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SUMMARY { Mail Merge

Mail merge is the process of combining TWO documents, the main document and the data source Merge fields are placeholders to contain individual information to inserted in the main document Data source is the list of information in table that you wish to insert in the table Data source may be created in Database or Excel

March 30, 2017 Dear I wish to inform you of our upcoming party…… MAIN DOCUMENT

Title Firstname Lastname Address 1 Address 2 Mr George Swaby Bogue Montego Bay Miss Jenny Bissop Farm Heights St. James DATA SOURCE

<<Title>> <<Firstname>> <<Lastname>> <<Address 1>> <<Address 2>> <<City>> Dear <<Title>> <<Lastname>> I wish to inform you of our upcoming party…… MERGE FIELDS

Mr. George Swaby Aquamarine Drive Bogue Village Montego Bay Dear Mr. Swaby I wish to inform you of our upcoming party…… MERGED DOCUMENT

SUMMARY Data { Communication

Data communication is the transfer of messages over various communication media, such as radio, television, Internet. The Internet is a large network of computers linked together To access the Internet, you need an Internet Service Provider (ISP) Internet Service Providers include FLOW, DIGICEL, SUPER WI-FI, etc.

An ISP is a company that provides Internet Service Once connected to the Internet, you need a web browser to access the World Wide Web (WWW) The World Wide Web is a collection of all the websites in the world. A web browser enables the user to access the WWW. Web browsers include Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer

To access various websites on the World Wide Web, you need a URL stands for Uniform Resource Locator. It is another name for website address. Example: http: //9 infotech. com Or www. You. Tube. COM

1. 2. 3. 4. USES OF THE INTERNET Send emails Visit the World Wide Web to do research, to watch movies, listen music, visit social media Transfer files Access other computer desktops in other locations (Remote Desktop)

1. 2. EMAIL To send an email, you need to select an email client, such as Yahoo, Hotmail or Gmail. Once you set up an mail account, you will generate an email address. A valid example of an email address is tutorbrown 7@gmail. com

LAN – LOCAL AREA NETWORK WAN – WIDE AREA NETWORK HTML – HYPERTEXT MARK UP LANGUAGE ABBREVIATIONS

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You should click on Mailings to begin the mail merge process. TRUE FALSE

The list with the information to be merged is called database. TRUE FALSE Its called Data Source

Data source is organized in a table. TRUE FALSE

Formatting the main the document is NOT a process of mail merge. TRUE FALSE

john@gmail@net. com is a valid email address. TRUE FALSE Its should be john@gmail. com

FLOW is NOT an ISP TRUE FALSE FLOW is an ISP

URL stands for Unity Resource Locator. TRUE FALSE It stands for Uniform Resource Locator

Google, Mozilla Firefox are two popular Web browsers. TRUE FALSE

Weebly. com is NOT an email client. TRUE FALSE

The Internet may be described as a connection of computers linked together TRUE FALSE

HTML stands for Hypertext Mark Up Language TRUE FALSE

WAN stands for World Area Network TRUE FALSE It stands for Wide Area Network

LAN stands for Local Area Network TRUE FALSE

The image on the left is an example of a merged document. TRUE Once the names are in the document, it is a merged document FALSE

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