https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=123253
Tyler <[email protected]> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- CC| |[email protected] --- Comment #5 from Tyler <[email protected]> --- I successfully replicated this bug on Windows 7 64-bit, service pack 1. I am running AOO401m5(Build:9714) - Rev. 1524958 Steps to recreate: Create new document Select Tools → Mail Merge Wizard Select use current document and hit next Select Letter and hit next Press “Select Different Address List” Button Select “Create” Fill in information with whatever is desired and press ok Save the Address List Press ok Leave everything else as default and hit next 5 times. Select save starting document and then press Save Starting Document button This produces a result similar to the one shown in the original (Note: Mine was .08 cm in between, which is the same as 21 inches) I attempted to find an option in the wizard that would change this result, I came to the conclusion that when inserting the address block, the spacing in between each line is automatically set. There is no option to configure it in the wizard, nor does setting the spacing to zero before running the wizard change the result. I have loaded up Microsoft Word 2010 and used their mailing merge program. It produced the same result, with 10 pt in between each line in the address. However, if you change the spacing in the document and then insert the address block, then the address block conforms to that spacing. OpenOffice does not do this. Research into whether there should be spacing in the address block yielded some interesting results. The USPS website has a standard for address blocks here: http://pe.usps.com/text/qsg300/Q602.htm While they don’t seem to specifically mention spacing between the lines, their examples clearly has no space between the lines. There are a lot more examples of websites explaining how to format an address block listed below. All these websites never mention spacing, but their examples are all formatted with no spacing. http://jobsearchtech.about.com/od/letters/l/bl_mblock_p.htm http://www.columbia.edu/~fdc/postal/ http://writing.wisc.edu/Handbook/BusLetter_Block.html http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2w_MneaJzA I believe the main bug here is openoffice not using the format currently in the document to format the address block. As explained by the grahmft above, people sometimes use the mail merge feature when creating hundreds of letters. Not being able to format the address block before hand could frustrate users who do not like the spacing because each address block on each letter would have to manually be changed. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug. You are the assignee for the bug. You are watching all bug changes.
