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2013-01-30

Word Mail Merge Document

With the Word mail merge engine feature, users are able to prepare a document for mail merge in Word and do the actual merge in PrintShop Mail Web using user input fields or a database. This feature also enables upload of static Word documents. This provides with both a new static publication type and a dynamic one for companies who do not use or own PrintShop Mail Design or do not need any of its more advanced features.

The following is required for Mail Merge to be available in PrintShop Mail Web:

• Microsoft Word 2007 or higher.
• Microsoft Word to PDF Add-In for Microsoft Office (Word 2007 only).

Mail Merge documents can contain user input or database fields. When you create your document in Microsoft Word, each field you create in Word becomes a new field in PrintShop Mail Web.

To upload a Mail Merge document, see Adding documents to a Publication Type. Once the document is uploaded in PrintShop Mail Web, you can change the type of each field by editing the document properties (see User Input Fields).

To create an order using a Mail Merge document, see the PrintShop Mail Web User Guide.

You can also kill any process from the Mail Merge engine which may be "stuck" by using the Word Maintenance page in the Settings. See Word Maintenance for details.

Correcting DCOM errors

When PrintShop Mail Web is installed after Microsoft Office it will automatically make the necessary changes to the DCOM configuration in your operating system. However, if Microsoft Office is installed after PrintShop Mail Web, the DCOM configuration must be changed manually. To do this, follow these steps:

1. Go to Start -> Run
2. Type dcomcnfg in 32-bit operating systems or mmc comexp.msc /32 in 64-bit operating systems.
3. Go in Components Services
4. Go in Computers
5. Go in My Computer
6. Go in DCOM Config
7. Locate then Right-click on Microsoft Office Word 97 - 2003 (or Microsoft Word 97 - 2003) then click Properties.
8. Go to the Identity Tab
9. Select This User.
10. Enter the username and password of the local administrator account used for PrintShop Mail Web.
11. Click OK.