Word - basic mail merge questions

Word 97-2003 was installed on my PC at work a few months ago.  I have
found the mail merge program to be far less user-friendly than the older
Word mail merges.  I have a bunch of mail merges that I use for
different sets of addresses for envelopes and letters, depending on
where the mailings are going.  I also use the mail merges for reference,
such as if I need to look up just one person's address.
These are my questions about Word 97-2003.
1.  Is it possible to print the chart itself, rather than the directory?
That way I can easily see if something needs to be retyped or added.
2.  I know how to sort the different columns, but what if I want to cut
and paste so that the list is somewhat out of order?  For instance, what
if I want to alphabetize the list, and yet have someone else's name at
the top (such as the boss's boss)?
3.  Is it possible to do a "Search and Replace"?  For example, what if I
want to change everyone's "St." to "Street"?




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skippercollector

I noticed that no one answered my questions.  I also researched my
questions myself in some other websites, to no avail.  Which leads me to
believe that there are not any answers!
Anyway, my problem is not with the conversion from the list to creating
envelopes or letters, although this new version has more steps.  I have
learned to deal with the additional steps.  it is the list itself that is
the problem.
I tried creating my first mail merge today in Excel, and it worked!  And
the chart is like the charts in the previous version of Word.  So I will
use Excel from now on, and will never create a mail merge in Word
97-2003 again.




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skippercollector