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------- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Sep 20 13:14:22 +0000 2007 ------- Hello, Me again about this issue, because it's really important for us ( and I really think for many other company users)... What we want : 1) I open my form letter 2) I press F4 to have the "Data Sources" window 3) At this time, the data source "associated" with the form letter is selected 4) I enter parameters ( if data source is a parameterized query) 5) Possibily, I sort the rows, or select some of them with Ctrl-Clic 6) I press on a "simple mail merge button" which open the mail merge printing dialog ( choosing ouput (file or printer), records (all or selected) and the printer ) and .... that's all folks ;-) 7) In case of parameterized query ( zip code or country selection for example), I press on refresh button, enter new parameter, and go back to step 6 to print a new mailing. It was the mechanism in version 1.x ... In version 2.x ... step 6 is impossible ... You must choose between the useful , but sloooow ( and incompatible with parameterized queries), "mailing wizard", or the standard print dialog which offer a possibility of mail merge in case of form letter. In version 2.3 ... there is a little improvment with "print button" because now the mail merge window is resizable , but : - too many click (print button , dialog box "your document contains address database ..."). - you've to choose every time the data source ( association between form letter and data source isn't saved). - you've to resize the window (initial size is too small) each time - no way to use the "data to fields" button for a "preview" - in case of parameterized query, you must restart from "step 0" (print button) each time instead of "refresh" button. I'm really fan of OOo team work ... but I'm sad on this particular problem because I think you're really near the good solution since 2.0 version ... but I'm always waiting for this last step. The mailing wizard is good for small "one shot" mail merge but for most systematic mail merge works, I deeply think that the 1.x mechanism was more efficient. And efficiency is critical is all company / business... --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
