MailMerge without Office

50Twuncle

Is there a "simple to use" (freeware) alternative to MailMerge that can be used on a PC without MS Office ?

This is for my wife at work - who has been requested to set up a mailing DB (with about 50 addresses)
This is for "snail mail" rather than email....
Any alternative suggestions welcome ?

GeoffX

Here's a table at Wikipedia listing various word processors and their abilities:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_word_processors#Characteristics

I'd recommend Open Office as a free starting place. One issue with that though is that Open Office is now owned by Oracle and the developers appear to be starting a parallel project which is currently called LibreOffice.

50Twuncle

GeoffX wrote: »

Here's a table at Wikipedia listing various word processors and their abilities:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_word_processors#Characteristics

I'd recommend Open Office as a free starting place. One issue with that though is that Open Office is now owned by Oracle and the developers appear to be starting a parallel project which is currently called LibreOffice.

Sorry - I didn't explain well enough
This is on a PC that doesn't have ANY office software (can't for various reasons) - she has a list of addresses and needs to produce a mail shot from this list.......

debitcardmayhem

21Twinkle wrote: »

Sorry - I didn't explain well enough
This is on a PC that doesn't have ANY office software ) - she has a list of addresses and needs to produce a mail shot from this list.......

If it "can't for various reasons" how can she create a mailshot on it, and how is she going to create the database of names and addresses. OpenOffice could do it and it's free.

I don't know if Microsoft's Office Live will work with Mail Merge
nor have I any experience of Google Docs, perhaps someone else might expand on those options. I personally have an aversion to using the cloud for things like that.

50Twuncle

I found an on-line wizzard that appears to offer what I was looking for at http://www.avery.co.uk/avery/en_gb/Templates-%26-Software/Avery-Template--Software-Advisor.htm?int_id=quicklinks-advisor

Trixxie

Infacta do a brilliant groupmail product and its freeware version will allow you to mail maximum 100 people. Always do a test to your own email address first to make sure it will look how you wish.

GroupMail 5 :: Free Edition
Filesize: 11.08 MB v5.2.0.86

http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common/downloads.asp

HTH
Trixxie

Jenna_Appleseed

Trixxie wrote: »

Infacta do a brilliant groupmail product and its freeware version will allow you to mail maximum 100 people. Always do a test to your own email address first to make sure it will look how you wish.

GroupMail 5 :: Free Edition
Filesize: 11.08 MB v5.2.0.86

http://www.group-mail.com/asp/common/downloads.asp

HTH
Trixxie

from the OP

21Twinkle wrote: »

This is for "snail mail" rather than email....

:doh: (sorry)