Mark LaGrange
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Link to pdf from Word doc, then position mail merge fields?
Hello - Is it possible, from a MS Word 2010+ docx, to link to a pdf file (IRS form 1099R, specifically), and position mail merge fields in the form boxes?
I have always done this from MS Access reports in the past, but now I need to do this from Word, so the user can mail merge a 1099R form with a cover letter.
They are not wild about the idea of printing the cover letter from Word, and then printing the 1099R from Access as a separate step.
Thanks
I have always done this from MS Access reports in the past, but now I need to do this from Word, so the user can mail merge a 1099R form with a cover letter.
They are not wild about the idea of printing the cover letter from Word, and then printing the 1099R from Access as a separate step.
Thanks
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Alternatively, do it all in PDF.
I believe the more advanced options from Adobe (ie not just reader) have the option for creating forms into which data can be entered; not sure about the link to a database like mail merge does but would probably be easier to replicate letter as PDF than recreate form in Word.
I believe the more advanced options from Adobe (ie not just reader) have the option for creating forms into which data can be entered; not sure about the link to a database like mail merge does but would probably be easier to replicate letter as PDF than recreate form in Word.
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