mail merge has no function without base, so it is useless to ship it without base. Either put both or none on the standard CD.
-- OOo mail merge doesn't work in default install - needs Base https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/333003 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Report OpenOffice Team, which is a direct subscriber. Status in “openoffice.org” package in Ubuntu: Triaged Bug description: Binary package hint: openoffice.org I just reinstalled my machine from scratch with Jaunty (Kubuntu alpha 4), and I got with it the default Open Office 3 install which is globally working fine. Except that I noticed the mail merge wizard silently fails when selecting a data-source: no "table" is found and afterwards it is not possible to insert mail merge fields in the document. I tried to use spreadsheet files (.ods) and CSV files as data-sources. This problem occurs because Open Office "Writer" needs the "Base" module (openoffice.org-base) in order to have mail merge working. And this module isn't included by default in the install CD. I understand that adding the 'openoffice.org-base' package to the CD isn't a practicable solution, so I propose the following wordarounds: 1. add a dialog box in the mail-merge wizard that warns the user when the 'openoffice.org-base' package isn't installed, and 2. add a dummy 'openoffice.org-mailmerge' package that just depends on 'openoffice.org-base', so a user doing: $ apt-cache search office merge ... would find it. Thanks in advance ! _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~report-openoffice-team Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~report-openoffice-team More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
