On Fri, 2006-09-29 at 08:30 +0200, Alex Thurgood wrote: > G. Roderick Singleton wrote: > > Hi Ger, > > Perhaps I could add my 2c to this interesting exchange of ideas. > > > Could you explain one thing about these, please? I am missing the point > > of having a card for something that I would guess is not done often. In > > other words, why not an ordinary HOW-TO? > > We already have an excellent 50-odd page more or less step-by-step > tutorial / How-to on doing mailmerges, the idea behind the ref cards is > to have something in a handy format useful for people who are already > fairly confident with office suites in general, but just need a > quick-ref guide like so many that are available for other competing > office suites. > > As to it not being done very often, I think on the contrary, it is, > judging from the number of times the question comes up on the French > user list, something that is done regularly in the French speaking > arena, and at least for some users once a week. In certain > administrations, for example, this functionality is used probably almost > every day. Let us not forget that the French administration has led the > way in mass migrating its users to OOo, and they are very dependent on > functional mailmerge capabilities. Even in French business, where one > might think that a mailmerge need only be done for sending standard > circulars at, say, monthly intervals, it is obvious from the questions > posed that this is indeed a very commonly used feature. >
Thanks. Thought it was something like that. It was not something I considered. Why? Because I think from the questions I have answered on mailmerges on users, the users are not yet at that level. However, I like what I have seen and will play with it to see if I can come up with something suitable for MY audience. Love the inspiration and would not have found it so early in the development cycle. Thanks to the authors. -- G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OpenOffice.org
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