Is data merge and mail merge the same thing?

[ikearns]

Have been going through a few tutorials and seem to be finding a lot of good information but nothing which really matches what I am intending to do.



I have a spreadsheet with data about films. It includes the name of the film, the rating, the duration, a brief summary and also the genre of the film. I am hoping to put this information into an easy to read document for my father so it can be printed and he can read it as a 'brochure' type catalogue and choose whatever film he wants to watch.

Ideally the entries in the Word document will be tabular and standardised so that he becomes familiar with the layout.

Can anyone give me any pointers on how to get started?

TIA