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Old 09-30-2022, 08:03 AM
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I've researched mail merging, but this is different because I'm starting with an existing document and not a blank template. Recreating this as a blank template in order to use a mail merge is not an option.
Unless the content of all those letters differ, all you need for a mailmerge is to delete delete all except the first letter then, using a standard 'letter' mailmerge, connect to your Excel datasource and replace whoever's name you have there with a mergefield pointing to the relevant column header.
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