Mail Merge

Creating mail shots is a very useful skill for marketing departments, as well as sending out to multi-recipients standard letters and other documents which may form a regular task in your job role.

Word has an extensive Mail Merge feature within its program and learning how to use this effectively will be a bonus for a wide range of different office roles.

There are 2 Levels to choose from.  Level 1 is for complete beginners and Level 2 is suitable for those with a working knowledge of Word.

Touch typing can be included in any of these courses to help develop your touch typing and speed typing skills. This is a free option for all of our Secretarial Courses.

You will gain either the:

OCR Level 1 in Mail Merge or

OCR Level 2 in Mail Merge

OCR (RSA) is an established exam board providing a range of GCSE, A Level, teaching and vocational qualifications.  

OCR is part of the University of Cambridge which is Europe’s largest assessment board.  They play a leading role in developing and delivering exams/assessments across the world, operating in over 150 countries.

or

 

Lewis Secretarial and Computer College Certificate in Mail Merge at Level 1 or 2

Level 1

This module is suitable for those with very little knowledge in Word and who wish to learn this specific feature.

You will learn how to create mail merge templates, insert merge codes, access data files and create the merge.  You will also learn how to create your own data file for mail merge purposes and link with new templates, creating mail merges using simple criteria to produce selected mail shots.

Exam preparation is included in the course.

Examination is by a timed exam of 1 hr 30 minutes through completion of 4 Tasks.

Level 2

This level is suitable for those who have already passed the Level 1 Mail Merge exam, or who have worked using a range of different Word tools in the office environment.

At this level you will develop your mail merge skills to a business standard, editing complex data files following instructions, creating main document templates, matching selected files to perform selected mail merges, creating labels, and creating new data files.

Exam preparation is included in the course.

Examination is by a timed exam of 1 hr 30 minutes through completion of 4 Tasks.

You can study this course full-time, or part-time – studying the number of hours per week that suits you and fits in with your other commitments.

We recommend that you study at least 5 hours a week, which can be broken up into one hour study slots perhaps, or 2-3 hours on a Saturday and Sunday if you find that easier.

Some students wish to study as quickly as possible – and complete the course in as short a time as possible.

The choice is yours!

For your guidance, if you study regularly these hours per week, you should complete the course within:

5 hours per week on average	2 months
10 hours per week on average	1 month
20 hours per week on average	2 weeks
Over 30 hours per week on average	1 week

 The maximum duration within which a single Level course needs to be completed is 2 months.

The course is put on hold whilst you or the College are on holiday - enabling you to have holiday breaks whilst studying your course.