To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=104993 Issue #|104993 Summary|Mail merge feature is appaling and does not work prope |rly. Component|Word processor Version|OOO310m19 Platform|PC URL| OS/Version|Windows XP Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|FEATURE Priority|P5 Subcomponent|editing Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|judgedredd
------- Additional comments from [email protected] Fri Sep 11 15:40:08 +0000 2009 ------- First of all I want to state how frustrating it is to even get to this point of reporting a bug. No wonder MS Office is on most desktops. And I have reported this bug before and no one gave a coherent answer. Again, KUDOS to MS. Their software at least works when you NEED it to work. Now, I am reporting a really bad bug that has NEVER been sorted out and it such a stupid bug that it really is annoying. When doling mail merges, I want to have the salutation as follows: Dear William, Now, the mail merge wizard does NOT ALLOW ONE TO DO THIS. It supposedly has the ability when you look at the options but IT DOES NOT WORK. It has the options of Dear 1, (whatever that is), Dear Mrs. <LastName>, <FirstName>, [ Dear 1, <FirstName>, ], Dear , Dear 1, . When trying to customize the salutiation all the options one gets is this: Dear Mrs. <2>, Ms. <2>, Dear <1>, Hello <1>, What do the numbers relate to? Nothing. One cannot actually make a NEW salutation from scratch. I HAVE TRIED IT. It works in its own way, but garbage comes out. Really stupid. Whoever created this got too involved in the details and came up with something so assinine that the bloody thing does not work the way it should. The options that should be available should be based on whether one checked the gender box. If one is not checked ALL cannot be checked. If gender box is used: Dear Sir, Dear Madam, Dear Mr. <LastName>, Dear Ms. <LastName>, Dear Mrs. <LastName>, <FirstName>, <FirstName> <LastName>, Hello <FirstName>, Hello <FirstName> <LastName>, Customized to WHATEVER THE USER WANTS. If gender is not used: Dear <FirstName>, Dear <FirstName> <LastName>, Hello <FirstName>, Hello <FirstName> <LastName>, Customized to WHATEVER THE USER WANTS. Really bloody simple. Stop making it so user unfriendly. --------------------------------------------------------------------- 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]
