# Mail Merge Question

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-merge-question/325932>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [October 12, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-merge-question/325932 "2005-10-12T18:48:18Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 12, 2005, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/mail-merge-question/325932/1 "2005-10-12T18:48:18Z")

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I’m trying to do a mail merge via MS Word 2003, which pulls unique values out of MS Excel 2003. Email client = Outlook 2003.

The unique values I am pulling out MS Excel are: Last Name & Document number:

\*Dear Mr. [Last Name],

Blah blah [Document Number] blah blah\*

This works great for the body, but I also need to insert [document number] in the subject line. I can’t find a way to insert a unique value into the subject line. The data source (in this case MS Excel) in MS Word seems to only map to the body, not the subject line.

Help!