Mail Merge Research Articles

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Peningkatan Hasil Belajar Mail Merge Menggunakan Model Project Based Learning Pada Siswa Kelas X

The initial data mail merge learning skills students class X with very good criteria is only 14 from 34 people, so the outcomes average value reaches only 72.50. The purpose of study is to increase students' mail merge skills through the application of the Project Based Learning (PjBL) model. This research was conducted through classroom action consisting of two cycles, each cycle consisting of two meetings. The stages of each cycle are: planning, implementation, observation and reflection. Data on students' mail merge skills were taken using an instrument of learning skills observation sheets on indicators: (1) reading the steps for making mail merges, (2) designing mail merge letters, (3) making master letters, (4) creating data source tables, (5) combining the master letter and data source using the mailings menu in Microsoft Word. The results showed that the skills of students with very good criteria increased by 15 students from 14 students in cycle 1 becomes 29 students in cycle 2. Learning outcomes showed an increase of 13.62 from an average 73.26 in cycle 1 to 86.88 in cycle 2. Based on data, it can be concluded that the application of PjBL in learning mail merge can improve student learning outcomes.

Pelatihan Penyusunan Surat Melalui Mail Merge Bagi Perangkat Gampong Kecamatan Peureulak

This training aims to provide knowledge and skills to gampong officials in Peureulak District in using the mail merge technique to compose letters efficiently and effectively. Participants will learn the steps in creating a template document that includes design patterns, formats, and variable settings that will be used to combine data. Next, participants will learn how to integrate data from external sources such as Excel into Word documents using the mail merge feature. They will learn how to set data filtering criteria, edit and modify documents, and add dynamic elements such as tables, images, and graphs. Training will also cover common troubleshooting techniques related to mail merge, such as resolving data merge errors, fixing incorrect formatting, and optimizing processes to increase productivity. Participants will be involved in hands-on practical sessions where they will be given the opportunity to try out the techniques, they have learned for themselves. This will help them hone their skills and gain confidence in using mail merge in their daily work. This training can provide significant benefits for gampong officials in Peureulak District, enabling them to improve efficiency and accuracy in compiling letters. By using mail merge, the process of writing letters can be automated, saving time and reducing the risk of human error.

PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN KORESPONDENSI DENGAN PEMANFAATAN MAIL MERGE PADA MICROSOFT WORD BAGI SEKRETARIS OSIS SMA DI KABUPATEN PEKALONGAN

The creation of correspondence needs to pay attention to the rules in writing official letters. To minimize errors in writing in letters such as the use of ineffective sentences, errors in writing people's names and positions, it is necessary to compile sentences, good and correct word selection and spelling. Correspondence made by the Student Council Secretary uses Microsoft word so it takes a long time if you have to make a large number of letters to be delivered to all members of the student council. In order to facilitate these activities, training was carried out on how to make letters in large quantities easily, quickly, effectively and efficiently. The purpose of this community service activity was that as many as 25 participants from representatives of the High School Student Council Secretary in Pekalongan Regency gained knowledge about correspondence and the use of mail merge on Microsoft word to support activities in their organization. This activity starts from the preparation, implementation and evaluation of activities. The result of the activity was that the participants were enthusiastic and responsive in participating in the activity, with the hope that the student council administrators could be more skilled in making letters in large quantities and minimize the occurrence of errors in writing letters.

Use of Mail Merge for Students Result Announcement

Use of Mail Merge for Students Result Announcement

PELATIHAN PEMBUATAN SURAT LAMARAN KERJA DAN KARTU NAMA SISWA MENGGUNAKAN MAIL MERGE DI MADRASAH ALIYAH SWASTA YPI BATANG KUIS

This community service activity is one of the Tri Dharma Perguruan Tinggi by providing learning to students at Madrasah Aliyah Swasta YPI Batang Kuis in training on making job applications and student business cards using Mail Merge. Mail Merge is a facility in Ms. Word that is used to deal with correspondence problems such as job application letters, invitation letters, sales promotion letters, business cards, and various other types of document creation, which can be sent to multiple recipients/destinations using the information stored in the list, database, or spreadsheet. The advantage of using mail merge is that it makes it easier for the letter/document maker because it only creates one type of letter/document that can be sent to several different recipients. Through this training, Madrasah Aliyah Swasta YPI Batang Kuis students are expected to be able to take advantage of the Mail Merge feature to make job application letters and student business cards more easily and more efficiently as a support in the teaching and learning process.

PEMBELAJARAN BERBASIS KOMPUTER MENGGUNAKAN MS. OFFICE 2019 PADA SISWA DI SMK DWITUNGGAL 1 TANJUNG MORAWA

The work world related to office administration, mastery of Microsoft Office is needed as an office administration work tool that must be mastered by vocational students. However, students of SMK Dwitunggal 1 Tanjung Morawa hasn’t been maximal in mastering Microsoft Office 2019, especially in making mail merge on Ms. Word. They are only limited to know the use of Microsoft Office 2019 in the basic stages. Community Service Activity aimed to provide training on introduction of Microsoft Office 2019 computer applications in making mail merge on Microsoft Word to students of SMK Dwitunggal 1 Tanjung Morawa majoring in Office Management. The method used in this service activities were the tutorial, the question and answer, and the practical method. This activity was done well and gained the expected results. The result of this activity was students’ improvement in the ability and skills of making mail merge for letters, certificates and labels using Microsoft Office 2019. It hoped that Students of SMK Dwitunggal 1 Office Management Department understands to create mail for letters, certificates and labels, and if they follow Competency Test for their mail merge material, they can pass and get a Competency Certificate that is given by the State.

PENGGUNAAN PENGAYA (ADD-ON) AUTOCRAT PADA GOOGLE SHEETS DALAM APLIKASI SERING CUTI

The use of information technology in the government administration is carried out to realize good governance. The use of information systems enables the automation of work and service functions including for human resource administration. Administration of employee leave at the Politeknik Kesehatan Kementerian Kesehatan Surakarta still running manually. Employees who will take leave apply it manually and often cause problems because the application not in accordance with the provisions, among others are the misidentification of the authorized official to provide leave which makes the administration of employee leave ineffective. Sering Cuti using free Google facilities which easy to learn and can be easily used by employees and Autocrat add-on. This add-on processes mail merge the employee leave data, converting into filled application form and sends directly to the employee's e-mail address. Autocrat uses in the Sering Cuti has made it easier to administer and reduce errors in employee leave applications. Sering Cuti can be accessed by employees easily and apply for employee leave anywhere online.

Program Kemitraan Universitas bagi Pengurus Kelompok Tani Sumber Rejeki III untuk Mengelola Administrasi Keuangan Syariah

Sumber Rejeki III Farmers Group is an organization that accommodates farmers in Turen, Kradenan Village. Currently there are 45 active members of farmer groups, all of whom are from Turen. The management of the average main job is farmers who are on average 48 years old. The level of education of the management of high school and equivalent farmer groups. The level of mastery of computer operations 0% of all managers. The problem that occurs in this farmer group is that there are no administrators who can operate the computer, so the administration has not been well organized. All documents are written manually using separate books and note papers. Especially in making reports of Lembaga Keuangan Mikro(LKM) that must be reported every month to farmer groups, they must collect from many records and not infrequently there are records that are scattered or lost which cause reports especially financial statements to be invalid. The objectives of this partnership program are: (a) Giving skills to operate computers, especially office application programs for farmer group administrators. (b) Giving skills in making invitations automatically using a mail merge facility. (c). Improve ability in recording and making financial reports. The methods used: (a) the preparation stage, (b) the implementation stage, (c) the evaluation phase and (d) preparing the report. The results of this activity, the average level of mastery of computer utilization for administrative activities are as follows: Mastering (0.78%) and Self-mastering (0.22%), Output of PKU is increasing the ability of partners to use computer applications for administration to 70% of the original target of 50%. In addition, savings and loan activities for these farmer groups' LKM use the sharia accounting system

Beyond oral history: Using the Oral History Metadata Synchronizer to enhance access to audiovisual collections

The Oral History Metadata Synchronizer (OHMS) is an open source system designed to transform access to oral history recordings by presenting digital audio or video in conjunction with a transcript and/or index and by connecting users to a particular moment in an interview via browsing or keyword searching. The OHMS system was initially designed to be used with oral history recordings, but can also be used with any digital audio or video files. The first part of this paper will introduce readers to OHMS and give an overview of the important features of the OHMS system. The second part uses a case study of OHMS at the University of Georgia to discuss the challenges of providing access to archival home movie collections and the differences between collections management and content description. The third part presents a case study from Duke University to describe two methods for bypassing the sometimes unwieldy workflow of the OHMS application — Mail Merge and Open Refine — to create description that can be crosswalked into OHMS XML.

The prevalence of giant cell arteritis and polymyalgia rheumatica in a UK primary care population.

BackgroundTo update community-based prevalence values for Polymyalgia Rheumatic (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) using case record review supplemented by population survey and subsequent clinical review.MethodsClinical data were obtained from case records of a large primary care practice in Norfolk, UK and reviewed for diagnoses of GCA and PMR. In addition postal survey was carried out to capture potentially undiagnosed cases within the practice population. Those screening positive for potential diagnoses of GCA and PMR were invited for clinical review. A cumulative prevalence estimate was subsequently calculated on those diagnosed within the GP practice and subsequently on those fulfilling the various published classification criteria sets. The date of the database lock and mail merge was March 2013.ResultsThrough detailed systematic review of 5,159 GP case records, 21 patients had a recorded diagnosis of GCA and 117 had PMR.No new cases were identified among 2,227 completed questionnaires returned from the population survey of a sample of 4,728. The resulting cumulative prevalence estimate in those aged ≥ 55 years meeting the ACR classification criteria set for GCA was 0.25 % (95 % CI 0.11 to 0.39 %) and for five published criteria sets for PMR ranged from 0.91 to 1.53 % (95 % CI ranges 0.65 %, 1.87 %). The prevalence of both conditions was higher in women than in men and in older age groups.ConclusionThis study provides the first UK prevalence estimate of GCA and PMR in over 30 years and is the first to apply classification criteria sets.

Mail merge can be used to create personalized questionnaires in complex surveys.

BackgroundLow response rates and inadequate question comprehension threaten the validity of survey results. We describe a simple procedure to implement personalized—as opposed to generically worded—questionnaires in the context of a complex web-based survey of corresponding authors of a random sample of 300 published cluster randomized trials. The purpose of the survey was to gather more detailed information about informed consent procedures used in the trial, over and above basic information provided in the trial report. We describe our approach—which allowed extensive personalization without the need for specialized computer technology—and discuss its potential application in similar settings.ResultsThe mail merge feature of standard word processing software was used to generate unique, personalized questionnaires for each author by incorporating specific information from the article, including naming the randomization unit (e.g., family practice, school, worksite), and identifying specific individuals who may have been considered research participants at the cluster level (family doctors, teachers, employers) and individual level (patients, students, employees) in questions regarding informed consent procedures in the trial. The response rate was relatively high (64 %, 182/285) and did not vary significantly by author, publication, or study characteristics. The refusal rate was low (7 %).ConclusionWhile controlled studies are required to examine the specific effects of our approach on comprehension, quality of responses, and response rates, we showed how mail merge can be used as a simple but useful tool to add personalized fields to complex survey questionnaires, or to request additional information required from study authors. One potential application is in eliciting specific information about published articles from study authors when conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses.

043. The Prevalence of Giant Cell Arteritis and Polymyalgia Rheumatica in a UK Primary Care Population

To update community-based prevalence values for Polymyalgia Rheumatic (PMR) and Giant Cell Arteritis (GCA) using case record review supplemented by population survey and subsequent clinical review. Clinical data were obtained from case records of a large primary care practice in Norfolk, UK and reviewed for diagnoses of GCA and PMR. In addition postal survey was carried out to capture potentially undiagnosed cases within the practice population. Those screening positive for potential diagnoses of GCA and PMR were invited for clinical review. A cumulative prevalence estimate was subsequently calculated on those diagnosed within the GP practice and subsequently on those fulfilling the various published classification criteria sets. The date of the database lock and mail merge was March 2013. Through detailed systematic review of 5,159 GP case records, 21 patients had a recorded diagnosis of GCA and 117 had PMR.No new cases were identified among 2,227 completed questionnaires returned from the population survey of a sample of 4,728. The resulting cumulative prevalence estimate in those aged ≥ 55 years meeting the ACR classification criteria set for GCA was 0.25 % (95 % CI 0.11 to 0.39 %) and for five published criteria sets for PMR ranged from 0.91 to 1.53 % (95 % CI ranges 0.65 %, 1.87 %). The prevalence of both conditions was higher in women than in men and in older age groups. This study provides the first UK prevalence estimate of GCA and PMR in over 30 years and is the first to apply classification criteria sets.

Progress reports made easy

This article describes how to make printable progress reports from an Excel spreadsheet using the Mail Merge function in Microsoft Word 2011, without much time or effort. Progress reports have been shown to produce small, short-term gains in rates of assignment completion for some students (Clariana, 1992).When distributed periodically, they can be an effective means to encourage students to keep up with their homework. Some tech-savvy teachers make grades available to students online using learning management systems, such as Moodle or Blackboard. However, if students do not check their grades online, a supplemental paper-based progress report may be worth considering.

'Never heard of it'- understanding the public's lack of awareness of a new electronic patient record.

The introduction of electronic patient records that are accessible by multiple providers raises security issues and requires informed consent - or at the very least, an opportunity to opt out. Introduction of the Summary Care Record (SCR) (a centrally stored electronic summary of a patient's medical record) in pilot sites in the UK was associated with low awareness, despite an intensive public information programme that included letters, posters, leaflets, and road shows. To understand why the public information programme had limited impact and to learn lessons for future programmes. Linguistic and communications analysis of components of the programme, contextualized within a wider mixed-method case study of the introduction of the SCR in pilot sites. Theoretical insights from linguistics and communication studies were applied. The context of the SCR pilots and the linked information programme created inherent challenges which were partially but not fully overcome by the efforts of campaigners. Much effort was put into designing the content of a mail merge letter, but less attention was given to its novelty, linguistic style, and rhetorical appeal. Many recipients viewed this letter as junk mail or propaganda and discarded it unread. Other components of the information programme were characterized by low visibility, partly because only restricted areas were participating in the pilot. Relatively little use was made of interpersonal communication channels. Despite ethical and legal imperatives, informed consent for the introduction of shared electronic records may be difficult to achieve through public information campaigns. Success may be more likely if established principles of effective mass and interpersonal communication are applied.

Response to Robert G. Resta Commentary (Unprepared, Understaffed, and Unplanned: Thoughts on the Practical Implications of Discovering New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Causing Genes)

Response to Robert G. Resta Commentary (Unprepared, Understaffed, and Unplanned: Thoughts on the Practical Implications of Discovering New Breast and Ovarian Cancer Causing Genes)

Implementing Generalized Audit Software in the Classroom

Abstract This paper describes resources designed to help instructors easily integrate the leading generalized audit software (GAS) packages, Audit Command Language (ACL) and Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA), into their classes. Specifically, we provide project assignments, exam questions, as well as teaching notes describing implementation issues. The projects require students to: (1) evaluate sales and accounts receivable data, and then create confirmation letters by exporting data from GAS and then importing it into word processing software for a mail merge, (2) use inventory, accounts payable, and payroll data to work with expressions, filters, data extractions, and relations between tables, and (3) import a database and prepare several reports. We also present student self-assessment data on their ability to use GAS as well as their understanding of the general benefits and applications of GAS. The evidence suggests that hands-on projects can improve perceived knowledge of GAS regardless of student background, course format (group versus individual projects), or teaching method (self-study versus lab-time).

The seductive details effect in technology‐delivered instruction

Seductive details are highly interesting information tangential to course objectives. The inclusion of seductive details generally harms performance on recall tests, but few studies have used multimedia training or investigated effects on performance on recognition tests or transfer tasks. We conducted two studies using computer-based training, instructing college students to use either Excel or Word mail merge. Contrary to most prior results, we found no negative effect for seductive details on recognition tests, and we found a facilitative effect on transfer performance. We discuss implications for theories of learning and transfer, and practical implications for instructional design and delivery.

Predictors of Perioperative β-Blockade Use in Vascular Surgery: A Mail Survey of United States Anesthesiologists

It was hypothesized that anesthesiologists' decisions to provide perioperative beta-blockade during vascular surgery would be influenced more by physician factors than by those of their patients. Mail survey. Case presentation. Four hundred thirty-nine anesthesiologists in the United States who responded to a survey. By using Microsoft Word Mail Merge (Microsoft, Redmond, WA), 6 factors in a hypothetical patient presenting for vascular surgery (sex, race, age, comorbidities, functional status, and magnitude of surgical stress) were randomly varied. The response rate was 22%. Self-reported propensity to use beta-blockade was significantly increased among anesthesiologists who worked in New England, among those who worked in larger hospitals, or who had received fellowship training. Among healthy patients, beta-blockers were more likely to be used for older than younger patients. Among sicker patients, however, the reverse was true. Heart rate triggers for beta-blockade use were higher than heart rates associated with improved outcomes in pivotal beta-blocker trials. Preferences for perioperative beta-blockade use in vascular surgery patients are influenced by anesthesiologists' demographics as well as patient comorbidities or degree of surgical stress. This finding suggests that efforts to increase perioperative beta-blockade in high-risk vascular patients face significant barriers from some groups of clinicians.

Using Microsoft Office to Generate Individualized Tasks for Students

This article describes how the mail merge facility within Microsoft Word can be used in conjunction with Microsoft Excel to generate personalized assignments for students at all levels.