I've managed to get it to work once, made me realize how intuitive and convenient it was to do the same in MS Office.
On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 11:04 AM, Mark David Dumlao <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Has anyone ever, ever, ever gotten Openoffice mail merge to work? What > version of openoffice does it work on and how do you do it? Is there > any good free software mail merge alternative? > > Mail Merge (aka Form Letters) > Feature that allows a single template document to produce a large > number of customized documents, by creating multiple copies of the > template with certain fields (such as name, address, etc) filled in. > Field data needs to be sourced from external data sources such as > csvs, spreadsheets, database files or other. > > The apparent way to do this in openoffice is to create a spreadsheet > in calc; create a document in writer; then use the Tools->Mail Merge > Wizard. Following the Mail Merge wizard's steps leads to a disastrous > showstopper when you get to the part where it asks you to selecta > database source. Openoffice allows you to select a spreadsheet, but > gives no indication how to move forward (OK button is grayed out). > > Version used is Openoffice 2.4.1 from Ubuntu 8.04. > > Similar reports on the internet say give mixed signals on how to get > it to work. Certain guides seem to have no trouble. Certain forum > posts seem to have never once seen it in action. My experience is > closer to the second one. > > So, anyone? > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph >
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