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• Full name and address
• First name
• Donated item
• Value
• Number of tickets requested STEP 1: Import Text File Into a Spreadsheet and Clean up Data A. Download the text file: Week4 _ iLab _ MailingData _ Student. txt. To complete the download, right click on the file name and select Save Link As. The file will save to your local drive. B. Open a new Excel file and import only the data from the txt file you will need for your letter( i. e., excluding unnecessary columns). C. Separate the first and last names into two columns so that you may use the first name in a Mail Merge. Make sure the fields are named LastName and FirstName. D. Check the accuracy of all data by using the Spelling tool in the Proofing group. E. Add a documentation sheet that provides a spreadsheet title, author, date, and purpose. Format the documentation sheet by applying a professional color scheme to the text. Ensure that the sheet tab is named Documentation and that the documentation sheet is the first sheet in the workbook. STEP 2: Create Merge Document A. Open the Week4 _ iLab _ Trust _ Template _ Student. docx document in Word. Make sure that the document is in the same folder as the Excel spreadsheet. This will make it easier to work with the two documents during the Merge process.
• Note: Be sure to name this file, using the naming conventions listed above. B. Merge information from your Excel spreadsheet into the Word document. Your completed merge will look like the following when complete. 9 / 27 / 2015 Student Education Trust 123 Adams Street Pittsburgh, PA 15697