This version of Microsoft Direct Mail Manager (v2.02.0044) has been re-certified by the US Postal Service for 1999-2000 and is required for all discount mailings submitted after August 1, 1999.
Direct Mail Manager (included with Microsoft Office 2000 Premium, Professional, and Small Business Edition for Windows®) is a tool that uses the Web to make it easier for small organizations to develop targeted and cost-effective direct mailings using Microsoft Word or Publisher.
You can import your existing address lists from Outlook® contacts, an Access database, Excel worksheet, Word document, text file, and more into Direct Mail Manager. You can even purchase a mailing list from a mailing list provider and import the addresses from within Direct Mail Manager.
Direct Mail Manager uses your Internet connection to check your addresses against the U.S. Postal Service's address database. Verification also adds a ZIP+4 to your addresses for faster delivery. In addition, duplicate addresses can be removed, thus minimizing unnecessary mailing costs and avoiding unprofessional duplicate mailings to a single contact.
You can also use Direct Mail Manager with the mail merge features in Microsoft Word or Publisher to print your documents or publications.
Before you install the Direct Mail Manager update
To install this update, you must have Microsoft Office 2000 and Small Business Customer Manager (from Office 2000 CD2) installed on your computer.
To check to see if you already have the current version of Direct Mail Manager, click Options in Direct Mail Manager, and then click Check Now under Version Check Options on the Optional Steps tab.
