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Microsoft Office integration - Word

To save time and reduce processing errors, you can use Sage Accounts to add data to a new or existing Word document or do a mail merge for any of your customers or suppliers.


To create a new Word document from within Sage AccountsOpen this section

  1. Open the relevant module, for example Customers > select the records you want to export to Microsoft Word.
  2. File > Microsoft Integration > Contents to Microsoft Word > New Document.
  3. Complete the Microsoft Word document > the information you selected is now available in Word as a mail merge field.

    To insert a field, place your cursor at the relevant place on the document, then from the Insert Merge Field drop-down list choose the field.

  1. Save and close the Word document.

To open and edit an existing Word document in Sage AccountsOpen this section

  1. Open the relevant module, for example Customers > select the records you want to export to Microsoft Word.
  2. File > Microsoft Integration > Contents to Microsoft Word > Open Document.
  3. Browse to and double-click the document that you want to open.

    Tip: Two documents appear. The first is the mail merged document, and the second is the template on which the document is based.

  4. Select the mail merge template > add your Sage Accounts fields as required.

    Tip: To insert a field, place your cursor at the relevant place on the document, then from the Insert Merge Field drop-down list choose the field.

  1. Save the mail merge template under a new name > close both Word documents.

The new template can now be used to run a mail merge.


To merge your Sage Accounts data into WordOpen this section

Note: The mail merge option is not company specific. If you have more than one company, you can use a mail merge template on any of your companies.

  1. Open the relevant module, for example Customers > select the records you want to include in the mail merge.
  2. File > Microsoft Integration > Contents to Microsoft Word > Run Mail Merge.
  3. From the Open window, browse to and double-click the Microsoft Word document that you want to open.

    When the Mail Merge is complete, two documents appear. The first is the mail merged document, with a separate page for each record selected in Sage Accounts, and the second is the template on which the document is based.


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