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Mail Merge is the best option if you intend to stick to MSWord.<br />
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Regards,<br />
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Jahangir.
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Mail Merge is the best option if you intend to stick to MSWord.


Regards,

Jahangir.

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I'd like to create document templates in word that would allow users to &nbsp;get certain paragraphs based on a particular type of letter. &nbsp;However, data, such as customer name and so on will come from the database. &nbsp;I have never created a word template for use, so i have very little knowledge on how to (1) write one &nbsp;(2) merge it with the database so the users can produce these documents on demand. &nbsp;I come from a different background and I've leraned some sql. &nbsp;I'm asked to produce this and I'm told word 2010 may have the answers. &nbsp;Either that or XSL. &nbsp;Please help.
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I'd like to create document templates in word that would allow users to  get certain paragraphs based on a particular type of letter.  However, data, such as customer name and so on will come from the database.  I have never created a word template for use, so i have very little knowledge on how to (1) write one  (2) merge it with the database so the users can produce these documents on demand.  I come from a different background and I've leraned some sql.  I'm asked to produce this and I'm told word 2010 may have the answers.  Either that or XSL.  Please help.

word 2010

Microsoft applications include a variety of software programs, including development and digital authoring programs (Expression and Media Center), educational programs, Internet software, including Essentials, Skype and the Live family, anti-virus, productivity applications and suites like Office, Excel, Word, Outlook, Access and PowerPoint, video games and server applications such as Exchange, SharePoint, IIS and Virtual Server.

Microsoft Applications

Microsoft Word is a commercial document editing program that is part of the Microsoft Office suite. It features numerous text-editing tools for creating richly formatted documents, along with tools for the use of macros in Word documents. Word's native file formats are denoted either by a .doc or .docx file extension. Plugins permitting the Windows versions of Word to read and write formats it does not natively support, such as the OpenDocument format (ODF) are available. Word can import and display images in common bitmap formats such as JPG and GIF. It can also be used to create and display simple line-art.

Microsoft Word

A Document Management System (DMS) is a system (both hardware and software) used to track, manage and store documents and reduce paper. Most are capable of keeping a record of the various versions created and modified by different users (history tracking). It is often viewed as a component of enterprise content management (ECM) systems and related to digital asset management, document imaging, workflow systems and records management systems.