Where is the easiest place to put wedding addresses - Excel Spreadsheet or MS Word?

BCC72206 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:26 PM

Where is the easiest place to put wedding addresses - Excel Spreadsheet or MS Word?

I'm trying to get together address for our invites since I'm on vacation this week. Where is the best spot to type them up? Any rec's?

D's Girl Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:32 PM

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I am using excel and think it is the easiest. You can organize it any way you want and add or delete columns, have it do the adding for you, etc..

Alilp Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:37 PM

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Excel and you can always mail merge addresses to word to create labels.

stephanielyse Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:37 PM

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Posted by D's Girl

I am using excel and think it is the easiest. You can organize it any way you want and add or delete columns, have it do the adding for you, etc..

Ditto

SomethingBlu Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:38 PM

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Excel = spreadsheets!

BCC72206 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:47 PM

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OK, I'm in Excel and I'm trying to figure out the easiest way to do this...

Should I have columns for
-TITLE,
-FIRST NAME
-LAST NAME
-(and guest if it applies)
-STREET
-CITY
-STATE
-ZIP

Every time that I try to sort it by last name it gets messed up! Ack!

sr081906 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:49 PM

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You have to select 'all' when sorting.

D's Girl Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:50 PM

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When you sort the columns, do it by the column letter on the top and not the actual title of it.

MrsD06 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 02:50 PM

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What happens when you try to sort by last name?

I also have columns for # invited (for when I was doing invitations) and # attending (final head count)..there may be an easier way to do those, I'm not sure

BCC72206 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 03:12 PM

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Ok, I think I've got it!

I click on 'Last Name' and go to Sort and it seems to work out!

Thanks!

I also added a column for a headcount.

Soon2BeMrs2006 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 04:00 PM

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when you sort in excel you have to highlight the entire spreadsheet and then go to data at the top and choose sort, it will ask you which column you want to sort on. if you try to do this without highlighting everything you will only sort the column u choose and it will mess up the rest of your info.

i102bcute Posted: Feb 20, 2006 04:03 PM

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I also used excel

MCDO15 Posted: Feb 20, 2006 04:32 PM

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excel...u are limited to what you can do with address templates in Word...

Excel will give you flexibility along with being able to print a nice spreadsheet to track whose responses you got back, who gave gifts, etc..