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Mail and Catalog Merge data sources used in Publisher
 

The Microsoft Publisher Mail and Catalog Merge Wizard can use data sources (data source: A file that contains information that can be merged into a publication. For example, a list of names and addresses, or paths to pictures you want to use in a mail or catalog merge. You must connect to a data source to perform a merge.) in the following formats:

  • Microsoft Access (all versions)
  • Microsoft Excel (versions 3.0 and later)
  • Microsoft FoxPro (version 2.0 and later)
  • Microsoft Outlook (all versions)
  • Microsoft SQL 6.x, 7.0, and 2000
  • Microsoft Word tables or merge data documents
  • Microsoft Works for MS-DOS 3.0 (if database contains no formulas)
  • Microsoft Works for Windows 3.0 and later (if database contains no formulas)
  • Oracle 7.3, 8i (8.1.6) (if client software is installed)
  • dBase III, IV, and V
  • ASCII text files (except for fixed-field width files)
  • Any data source with an OLE DB provider
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