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From: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.hypercard
Subject: Re: Export files
Keywords: Word, export, merge
Message-ID: <4853@phoenix.Princeton.EDU>
Date: 13 Dec 88 17:48:08 GMT
References: <sXdHLEy00Xc=I0rVYY@andrew.cmu.edu>
Reply-To: englandr@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (Scott Englander)
Organization: Princeton University, NJ
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In article <sXdHLEy00Xc=I0rVYY@andrew.cmu.edu> lf01+@andrew.cmu.edu (Liz Fox) writes:
>This may be a trivial question, but I need the answer fast!  I want to
>create an export program to link a hypercard stack with a word document
>(basically a form letter - merge) but when I'm writing the program, I
>am not sure how to indicate the data.

This is simple: just look at pages 65-79 of the Word manual (form
letters).  All you need to do with HC is create a file that looks
something like
name,address,city,state,zip (& return)
Joe's,29 W. Union St.,Stockton,NJ,08555 (& return)
.
.
.

and call the file "addresses" or something.  Then in your primary file,
put
<<DATA addresses>>
<<name>>
<<address>>
<<city>>,<<state>> <<zip>>

Remember to enclose fields that have commas, etc. with double quotes.
-- 

                                               - Scott