You will use the Word application to design, develop, and create a business letter to potential clients of your new business. The following steps will help you in this process.


Open a blank Word document.

Write a business letter introducing people to your store. You may choose any type of store you wish, but your letter should be at least one paragraph long and be able to be easily personalized to each potential client. Make sure you include the type of business, a sentence about your business plan or philosophy, the location of your business, and any relevant contact information.

With this letter open, begin a mail-merge letter using the letter you just wrote as your starting document.

Since you do not have the addresses of your contacts in the computer, you will need to type a new list and create a new data source. Save the data source as "Mail Merge Data Source Lesson 3."

For this example, enter the names and addresses of four people.

Insert merge codes for the address block, greeting line, and at least two other items from the More Items list.

Preview your letters. Make sure you proofread your work for spelling and grammar errors.

Merge your letters to a new document. Save the original and merged documents.

Show your documents to your instructor for review.

After you have written your letters, you realize you will need mailing labels for the outside of your envelopes. To quickly make these labels, you decide to use a merge.


Open a new document and begin a mail merge using the Mail Merge Wizard.

Select Avery 5160 mailing labels as your label type.

Use the data source you saved earlier, "Mail Merge Data Source Lesson 3," for the addresses for your labels.

Insert an address block on each label.

Preview your labels for format and spelling errors.

Merge your labels and save them in a new document.

Submit your labels in the space provided for your instructor to review.