Thomas Hackert wrote:
OK, thanks. That's the method the chapter describes. I was hoping
there was a way to do multiple envelopes (to different addresses)
at one time.
I hope someone else can test whether using the database fields in
the Insert > Envelope dialog allows printing of multiple
envelopes. If I had the time, I would do it myself.
I have done some further testing and found out, that - if you
defines your address book as the data source - you can select the
relevant data, which should appear on the envelope. If you go to
"File - Print" then, you get a dialog window saying something like
"Your document contains database fields from your address book. Do
you want to use the MailMerge function?" (or the like. I have not
an English version here, sorry ... :( ). Maybe this is the
function, you are looking for ... ;)
YES! That sounds like it! Thank you, thank you, Thomas.
We'll definitely put that in the printing chapter. Iain, over to
you. :-)
But I think a short explanation is needed in this chapter of how
to get info from a simple database like an address book. In a
business situation, someone technical may set up the database,
and then the end-users would just get information out of it to
use in letters and envelopes. This chapter on printing is for
those end-users.
For sure ... But have a look at the above mentioned chapters. I
think that especially the second one is easy to follow, so why
should we duplicate the work with rewriting a chapter about the
implementation of an address book ... ;?
Agreed. Just a paragraph or two with a reference to more
explanation should do very nicely.
Cheers, Jean
