[thelist] Microsoft Word mail merge using MySQL (and PHP?)

[Sarah Sweeney]

I'm about to start a project which involves moving a database from 
Access to MySQL. The current Access database includes some reports which 
are used to print mailing labels and contracts for clients, using client 
info from the database. I'm wondering if it will be possible to do the 
same kind of thing with a Microsoft Word mail merge, getting the data 
directly from the MySQL database. Will I need to pass parameters to the 
Word mail merge, or can I select certain records directly in Word? Also, 
will PHP be required, or can this all be done directly from Word?

Thanks for any leads on this!

Sarah