1. Launch Word
2. Select Open from the File menu
3. At the bottom of the window, you will see Files of Type. Select Text Files from the pulldown menu
4. Locate and highlight the name of the file you want to open
5. Click on Open
6. Save your document.

To Create a Table in Word:

1. From the Edit menu, choose Select All to select all the text in the document.
2. From the Table menu, choose Convert: Text to Table.
3. In the Convert Text to Table window which opens:
   1. set the number of columns based upon the number of column headings you see across the page.
   2. choose Auto Format if you want to designate the appearance of the table you are creating
   3. under the section Separate Text At choose Tabs
   4. Click OK
4. Save your document

To Mail Merge using Word

1. Launch Word
2. Select Mail Merge from the Tools menu
3. Follow the directions in the Mail Merge Helper
4. Save your document