Practice with the sample. When you are ready to buy a mailing list, return to this page and

click here.

I have again revised this process to make it simpler. It is very simple: To try the sample, Click on GET SAMPLE LIST at the end of these instructions. Copy the sample list, paste it in WORD (other word processors should also work), save it, and then save it again as a text file. That will give you a text database. Later, you can use this text database to make labels or print addresses directly on flyers. It will probably be easier if you print this page now and work from the printed copy. After you've followed the instructions on this page, if you also need detailed instruction about how to make labels in WORD from a text database, click here. And for Word7click here.

To Make A Text Database From The Mailing List:
(Note - if you are on a MAC, use your APPLE key wherever it says Control key in the instructions below)
(Note 2 - This will not work in a Safari browser!)
Step 1: On your keyboard, press the Control key and A at the same time. This will highlight everything. (You may need to wait a moment for this to happen.)
Step 2: Now press Control and C. This will copy the text (nothing will seem to happen).
Step 3: Now open WORD and open a blank document. For the rest of this process, you will remain in WORD. You will not come back to the browser.
Step 4: Press Control and V. The mailing list you copied should now appear. It may take a moment or two.
Step 5: Now save this document. I suggest you call it SampleFile.doc. If you make a mistake later, you will always be able to come back to this saved file.
Finally, Step 6: Save as a PLAIN TEXT file - NOT AS A WORD FILE!!! (click FILE, SAVE AS.. You get the SAVE AS box. At the very bottom of the box there is a FILE NAME box. I suggest you name this MainFile. Below this is a SAVE AS TYPE box. Click the dropdown arrow and click on PLAIN TEXT. Click SAVE.) You will now see a FILE CONVERSION box on the screen that says you will be losing part of the data if you save it as a text file. Don't freak out, you are not losing the mailing list, you are losing formatting. This is exactly what you want to do. You are getting rid of all the extra stuff that prevents it from being a database. Just click OK. Pay attention to where you are saving this file that you've named MainFile.txt (MyDocuments is probably a good spot to save it). Now you have a text file that you can use to make labels or use in a mail merge. If you want, you can save it as an EXCEL file. Just open EXCEL, open MainFile.txt and you'll get the IMPORT WIZARD. Make sure to tell the wizard it is a comma-delimited file.

Now: GET SAMPLE LIST