In the past, I have tried its mail merge wizard and it has always worked. But after reading this email, I tried it for myself to find out that what you just said is true.
What JRE are you using for your OOo? AFAIK, mail merge and other OOo functions need Java to run. And one more thing, I encountered the same problem before when I was using SimplyMepis then... and it turned out that you have to install the OOo counterpart to MS Access.. which I forgot because I don't use it. OOo in Ubuntu doesn't have that component installed so you might want to give it a try. It worked for me before. I hope this helps. On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:40 PM, GOvvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here, try this page: > http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/mail_merge_openoffice_org?page=0%2C0 > > On Wed, Sep 10, 2008 at 12:06 PM, GOvvin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> 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 >>> >> >> > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- David Tacasa Asuncion, Jr. website keeper, forever linux newbie, BUM extraordinaire Linux User # 406430 http://counter.li.org/ GPG: 0A024BC0
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