how to mail merge data from two sheets (in one excel workbook) to word

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i have an excel workbook with this structure

myexcelworkbook.xlxs

course sheet with date and venue
participants sheet with names and addresses

how can i add date, venue, names and addresses from these two sheets of same workbook into word document via mail merge

i tried but it uses only one sheet at a time.

thanks

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