use XML file as web report data source and create dataset

Operations:
Step 1: Writting method of standard XML file.
Step 2: Set the made XML file as dataset.
Step 3: Design the report with the configured XML dataset.
For detailed information, please refer to http://www.raqsoft.com/. Answered Jun, 17 2011

Yes, you can. A data source is a file that contains the data that varies in each copy of a merged document. You may create it in word or excel.
Here is a tutorial with detail steps:
http://www.ehow.com/how_6825937_edit-source-ms-word-2007.html
Hope that helps! Answered Dec, 08 2010

Use Word's mail merge function when you want to send a form letter to many people:
1.Open your mail merge form letter.
2.Go to the Tools menu and select Mail Merge.
3.Select Get Data in the "Data source" field.
4.Select Create Data Source from the drop-down menu.
5.Select each of the field names you did not include in your form letter and click Remove Field Name to remove each of them.
6.Review the list of fields; if the list includes everything in your form letter, click OK; if not, enter the Field Name you want to add and click the Add Field Name button.
7.Save the file with the name Data Source.
8.Click the Edit Data Source button and enter the necessary data (names, mailing addresses, and so on) for the first person you want to send the letter to.
9.Click Add New to add a new entry to the Data Form window; click OK when you have finished adding entries.
10.See "How to Print or E-mail a Mail Merge Document in Microsoft Word," under Related eHows, to print or e-mail the merged documents. Answered Mar, 23 2011

•1.Create your XML file with an XML editor or a standard text editor, such as Notepad. Concentrate only on the data structure of the file. Do not worry about the XML declaration at this point. For example, if you want to create a book catalog, the file might look like this: <Catalog> <author>Stephen King <book> Carrie </book> <book> Cujo </book> </author> </Catalog> •2.Save the XML file to your hard drive. This is a safety measure. Save your work frequently to avoid losing it. Click on "File" at the top of the screen. Select "Save" from the File menu. Type in a name for the file in the Save dialog box and press the save button. •3.Move to the top of the file to set up the CSS section. Type in the following declaration: <?xml-stylesheet href= "#style" type= "text/css"?> The first section "<?xml" tells the browser this is an XML document with a stylesheet. Href is a search tag that explains something needs to be located. "#style" indicates an embedded item. If statement had no "#" sign, for example "href= "style.css" the browser would search for a separate file. The statement explains the language used is CSS. •4.Type in your CSS coding under the declaration statement. First give the CSS an element tag. <MYSTYLE> As with any element in XML, the name of the tag does not matter. It could be <format> or <info>. Choose an element that makes sense to you. •5.Add the id attribute next to the element tag. The id must match the declaration statement. Href indicates a search for something. In the example, something is "#style." The id attribute is style. <MYSTYLE id= "style"> You do not put the # sign in the attribute because that is not part of the name but an element of instruction. # means to look inside the document. •6.Type in your CSS information under the CSS element tag and provide data elements names for the CSS code to refer. For example, our file has an element tag of <author>. The CSS must refer to author in order to understand the styling. <MYSTYLE id= "style"> author { display: inline } book {display: block} This gives the browser specific information on styling for each element. •7.Close the element tag. XML requires all elements have a closing tag. In our example, the element is <MYSTYLE>. Add a closing tag under the CSS information. <MYSTYLE id= "style"> author { display: inline } book {display: block} </MYSTYLE> The final file looks like this: <?xml-stylesheet href= "#style" type= "text/css"?> <MYSTYLE id= "style"> author { display: inline } book {display: block} </MYSTYLE> <Catalog> <author>Stephen King <book> Carrie </book> <book> Cujo </book> </author> </Catalog> Answered Nov, 20 2010