By John Woram
(November 16, 2005)

E-mail may be the king of communication, but firing off electronic holiday greetings to friends and family is a little, well, tacky.

Addressing stacks of cards doesn't have to be a chore. You might not realize you have an electronic solution right at your fingertips to eliminate hours of hand-cramping addressing: mail merge. This little Microsoft Word feature can take the drudgery out of mass mailings. However, if you've ever tried it, you may have found the procedure unintuitive.

We'll walk you step by step through the wizard, with our step numbers coinciding with those of mail merge, to demystify its head-scratching complexity.