MO-101 Microsoft Word Expert (Word and Word 2019) Free Practice Exam Questions (2025 Updated)

in the Data Connection Wizard to complete the data connection to the merge document.

If you have to combine separate Microsoft Word documents, you can copy and paste them together if they're short, or merge them if they're long.

Select the Insert tab.

Screenshot of the Insert tab

Select Object, and then select Text from File from the drop-down menu.

Screenshot of the Text from File option.

Select the files to be merged into the current document. Press and hold Ctrl to select more than one document.

 Select the View tab, then click Macros > Record Macro.

B. In the Record Macro dialog box, enter a macro name and description. Follow these rules for the name: 

Macro names must begin with a letter and use either letters or numerals. You cannot use spaces, non-alphanumeric characters, or periods.

Macro names can be 80 characters maximum

Macro names cannot conflict with the program’s reserved commands or keywords such as Print, Save, Copy, Paste.

Descriptions are just notes that summarize the macro’s function.

C. For the Store Macro In field, choose All Documents to run this macro in all of your Word documents, or select the current document (displayed by filename) to use this macro in the current document only. Click OK.

D. Next, in the Assign Macro To panel, click Button or Keyboard (shortcut) for the method used to access and run the macro.

Click the Mailings tab.

Click the Start Mail Merge button.

Select Step-by-Step Mail Merge Wizard.

The Mail Merge pane appears on the right, ready to walk you through the mail merge.

Select a type of document to create.

Click Next: Starting document.

To update the index, click the index, and then press F9. Or click Update Index in the Index group on the References tab.

On the Review tab, go to Tracking and select Track Changes.Track Changes in the Tracking panel

When Track Changes is on, deletions are marked with a strikethrough, and additions are marked with an underline. Different authors' changes are indicated with different colors.

When Track Changes is off, Word stops marking changes, but the colored underlines and strikethrough from your changes remain in the document until they're accepted or rejected.