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Sending Christmas cards: How to address bulk letters using Excel and Word

  Sending Christmas cards: How to address bulk letters using Excel and Word One joyful part of the holiday season for me is sending out Christmas cards. I learned that many people find sending them out a bit overwhelming, so I thought I’d share my strategy for addressing bulk letters using Excel and Word. (Note that if after reading this you decide to give it a try and get stuck on a step, please feel free to reach out to me and I’d be happy to help.) First step is to create your list of people and addresses you want to include. I recommend creating an Excel spreadsheet* using the following fields: Nickname** Address1 Address2 City State Postal Code *I like to use Excel on OneDrive (Using the Cloud allows you to access your document anywhere, which makes adding updates to it throughout the year easy). If you haven’t used Excel much before, one tip is to highlight the fields when you’re done and press “Ctrl T” to make a table. **Nickname is the first and last name of the perso...