Can someone help me with a mail merge?

[Arthur Botting]

I am trying to do a direct mail campaign myself. I have a Macintosh computer that is running Office 2008. When I open my data source in Excel I get a an error message that says "This file needs to be opened by the Excel Workbook text converter, which may pose a security risk if the file you are opening is a malicious file. Choose OK to open this file only if you are sure it is from a trusted source."

I choose OK because I have created the Excel file myself but I get an error message that says"The converter necessary to open this file cannot be found."

Has anyone else had this problem? I have searched the internet and not found anything that works to fix the Excel workbook text converter problem.

Can anyone on Bigger Pockets help me?

[Arthur Botting]

Johnathon and Robert,

Thank you so much for both responding to my post. I was driving myself crazy yesterday trying to get the mail merge to work. I got up this morning and read the article that Robert sent me and Bullseye! The info was right there. All you have to do is save the Excel file as a .csv file. I'll have my first 125 pieces going out today.

I hope you guys have a very successful year in real estate investing. And thank you for taking the time to help me. I am grateful. BTW - that article is very helpful! You should look it over for your next mailing.

Arthur