Provide a brief definition of these four terms related to Mail merge: Mail merge, main document, data source, and merge fields. Then write a short paragraph using all four terms to walk through putting together a fictitious mail merge.

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Mail merge combines a document with information that personalizes the document.

The document with the information that does not change is called the main document.

The data source is the file containing the information that varies in each document.

Merge fields are placeholders that are replaced with data from the data source when you perform the merge.

Paragraph walking through mail merge (Answers will vary):
I want to send out a letter to one hundred customers inviting them to a free seminar to be held at our office. I decide to do this with a mail merge, as I will create a main document and then personalize the document with information on each person such as their name and address.  To accomplish this I place merge fields into the main document to indicate where the data from the data source will go in each letter.  For example, I will have a merge field for the recipient's name and address that will vary for each letter.

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