MN Department of Health WIC Program – Revised April 2017
STEP 8: Saving the Labels Template Document and Re-Using It
NOTE! You can edit the labels by clicking on Edit Recipient List in the Start Mail Merge group on
the Mailings tab. You can delete individual records from your labels by removing the
checkmark in front of each record. The highlighted record in the Edit Recipient List will display in
the first cell of the table when you leave this screen. Click on the top record to highlight before
exiting to return to the original label display.
a. If you are going to create these labels again using the same Excel file (you can update the
Excel file as long as the name of the file remains the same). Click on File…Save to save the
template for your labels (save it to the same folder as your Excel file).
b. Click on the Mailings tab.
c. Click on Finish & Merge.
d. Click on Edit Individual Documents…
e. Click the OK button on the Merge to New Document window
f. A second Word document will open with the new labels.
Revision History:
• March 2017 – updated images
• April 2017 – Added print screen for work-around if “…unable to re-establish DDE link…” error occurs