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4. Select the data file that you want to use. Word will attempt to automatically determine the
file type and select appropriate options, but you can adjust the parameters if needed.
5. As you create your Word document, you insert the fields using Insert Merge Fields.
6. Save the file.
Import the Word Mail Merge document as a template
1. From within Connect Designer, select File > New and then select the Word-based Print
template.
2. Navigate to the Word document, select it, then select Finish to import the file. Note that
the mail merge fields are automatically converted to the proper format for Designer.
Images from the word file are in the Images folder, and a script is created for each of the
fields detected in the file.
3. Modify the template as needed. You may want to place imported images on the master
page, add headers or footers, etc.
4. Continue with importing the data source.
Add the data source to create the data model
1. Select File > Add data > From File Data Source and navigate to the data source.
2. Select the file. The wizard displays a preview of the data with the attributes of the file that
were automatically detected. Adjust the attributes if necessary.
3. Select Finish to import the data. At this point you can use the Preview tab to review the
template with the data in place.
Resources
This page clarifies the difference between Internal, External and Web resources that may be
used in a template, and explains how to refer to them in HTML and in scripts.
All resources that a template uses are displayed in the "Resources pane" on page579.
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