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Definition: mail merge


Printing customized form letters. A common feature of a word processor, it uses a letter and a name and address list. In the letter, Dear A: Thank you for ordering B from our C store..., A, B and C are merge points into which data are inserted from the list. See variable data printing, field squeeze and line squeeze.




The Mail Merge
The mail merge inserts the fields from the database into the predefined merge points in the form letter.