[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from oobaum...@openoffice.org Mon Sep 27 12:21:00 + 2010 --- In reference to: cornouws Fri Sep 24 20:57:02 + 2010 Yes, I did turn off that option on all printers including the CUPS printer and it did not work. I decided to try it again and this time it did work correctly (at least for the CUPS printer), but that is because it only works after you select print (in preparation to print the document) then turn it off. Thanks for mentioning it again. Mine now works (or at least worked once). - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from oobaum...@openoffice.org Fri Sep 24 19:56:09 + 2010 --- I still have this issue in Linux version 3.1.1. I have tried all the settings recommended here without success. When mailmerging to print envelopes I get a hidden blank page after each envelope. Opening the merged document and doing a print preview shows each blank page. I have tried to delete then with a search and replace with no success. Printing to a PDF created the same problem, blank pages in what looked like portrait format. All the records are printed. After 2 days of experimenting to fix the problem I have to print only right pages to get only valid envelopes. I agree with the comment from crxssi Tue Nov 13 23:05:56 + 2007. My sentiments exactly. What he stated is what I was looking for when printing envelopes. This is a problem (bug). In looking at other issues referenced from here, this seems to be the closest to my problem. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from corno...@openoffice.org Fri Sep 24 20:57:02 + 2010 --- @ oobaum123 I have tried all the settings recommended here without success. Except possibly the one just above yours, #desc36 ? - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from crx...@openoffice.org Fri Sep 24 21:01:40 + 2010 --- It has been two years since my last comment on this issue, reported 5 years ago... Yes, it is still a big problem for my users. It is a frequent drain of support time in my department trying to explain to users and help work-around the broken behavior of OO adding blank pages in merges. If the developers are unwilling to change the UI, can't we at least have a system-level flag/setting somewhere to turn off the blank pages generation? - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User cornouws changed the following: What|Old value |New value CC|'crxssi,freemant,helgekraa|'cornouws,crxssi,freemant, |k,kamataki,masayan,sandrea|helgekraak,kamataki,masaya |s41' |n,sandreas41' - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from corno...@openoffice.org Fri Jul 10 08:59:38 + 2009 --- What is the default setting for Tools|Options|OOo Writer|Print Print automatically inserted blank pages ? - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from h...@openoffice.org Tue May 26 14:26:24 + 2009 --- *** Issue 102147 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 14 09:36:37 + 2008 --- *** Issue 92761 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 14 12:17:49 + 2008 --- I really don't mean to beat a dead horse, but... The reason there are so many duplicates for this issue is because it is NOT RESOLVED. WONTFIX is not suitable. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User hi changed the following: What|Old value |New value Status|RESOLVED |REOPENED Resolution|WONTFIX | Target milestone|OOo 2.x |OOo 3.x --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 14 12:24:34 + 2008 --- Reopened in cause of several inputs for this and many user interests. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jul 31 23:50:14 + 2008 --- This feature, which is really a serious bug, also prevents any so-called catalog merge from having proper page numbers. Page number fields cannot be added to any merges because of these auto inserted pages. It is a serious bug that should be fixed. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 15 13:09:53 + 2008 --- *** Issue 89504 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 15 17:52:01 + 2008 --- Great rejoicing! I found where to suppress the blank pages: After the Print Mail merge is completed and the resulting odt file is loaded, Click Options in the Print Dialog, Then uncheck Print automatically inserted blank pages Caution, This option does not remember your preference. Remember to uncheck it every time. This issue is fixed after all. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Mar 15 23:45:45 + 2008 --- That was suggested in this thread two years ago by intersol. But I still wouldn't consider it fixed, I would consider that to be a workaround 1) The merge shouldn't put extra pages in, unless the user chooses to do so. Most users will have no idea why extra pages would be a hard-coded default (me niether) 2) Most users wouldn't know where to go to try and change the supress setting. 3) What is on the screen is confusing, regardless, with the strange left/right page numbering. 4) I think supressing the extra pages in the print dialog will not help with save as, when you create a report or something and want to export it as an ASCII text file for futher editing. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User sandreas41 changed the following: What|Old value |New value CC|'crxssi,freemant,helgekraa|'crxssi,freemant,helgekraa |k,kamataki' |k,kamataki,sandreas41' --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Mar 14 22:47:58 + 2008 --- I also can not agree with WONTFIX. I looked through the Wizards, and did not see anything about mail merge. The only place mail merging is done is from clicking Print. This problem still exists in 2.4 rc4 (m10) I need to print envelopes from a ods spreadsheet-database, and also have a odt template/document formated for envelopes. I get a blank page every other record, and this is not on a printer with duplex capability. I have to feed it 10 envelopes at a time, and then pick out half to re-feed the printer. Also it does not help to export to pdf and unselect the option Export automatically inserted blank pages unless I should be printing my envelopes from a pdf file?? Would this issue get more attention if I File a new bug report or vote for this issue? - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Jan 15 20:10:29 + 2008 --- os, if you are unwilling to fix this issue, would you please reassign it and reopen it. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 14 21:54:43 + 2008 --- Well, I would love to know how to make the developers take notice that it is a pretty serious problem that should be fixed and the current behavior really is broken. There have been half a dozen duplicate bug reports, and many people who are not satisfied. I fear once it is resolved as wontfix, that is the end. Any new postings of a similar nature will just point back to this one. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jan 14 06:45:18 + 2008 --- I agree, this needs to be fixed, WONTFIX is not OK. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 14 10:14:05 + 2007 --- Please explain why this bug was closed as WONTFIX? - Don't you agree that there's a problem or is it just to complicated to fix? If I do a 7 records mail merge for a 1 page document to a new document and then convert the document to pdf (by clicking Export as PDF file) my pdf file will be a 14 pages pdf file with every other page blank. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 14 12:28:47 + 2007 --- I am absolutely blown away that this is now marked as WONTFIX! It is most certainly a BROKEN behavior. Let's analyze: 1) 90%+ of printers in use today are simplex, not duplex. So it breaks the behavior on 90% of the printers. This is an exaggeration. I would be glad to provide a poll of my 100+ user Linux user's group, if you like. If you really felt it was necessary to insert blank pages for duplex printers, then check the current printer properties to see if duplex is on by default before ruining the document. 2) Even on duplex printers, it is not necessary to send blank pages, unless you are actually using it in duplex mode at the time. All duplex printers I have ever used (and I have used many) do not enter duplex mode unless specifically requested by the application, or if left permanently on in the printing subsystem (which is also exceedingly rare). 3) People don't necessarily want to use the complicated wizzard for a merge. In many cases, wizards can be more complex than just doing what you want without going through lots of additional questions. 4) Saving a merged file is not the same function as printing directly. So even if most printers were duplex (which they most certainly are not), saving the file should NOT have the behavior. 5) I can almost guarantee that the vast majority of users are going to be confused and irritated by the current behavior of inserting unnecessary blank pages. 6) Yes the page number indicator is wrong, it should not always show you as being on page one. If I start a brand new document and insert several hard pages, it works correctly- it doesn't say I am on page 1 for every page I move to. Of course, this could be some other type of bug and unrelated to this issue. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 14 13:48:52 + 2007 --- -hvedk: The issue is set to WONTFIX because it cannot be fixed in a sensible way without either breaking something else (like the page number and the duplex printing) or by implementing a different left/right page behaviour of the Writer. The mail merge just cannot do miracles. -crxssi: You probably didn't understand my explanation. So here it comes in a short form. - Each resulting document part has to start with page number 1. Otherwise f.e. page number fields would be wrong. - Each page with an odd number is a right page. In a Writer document blank pages are inserted if and odd page follows and odd page or an even page follow an even page. Printing of such blank pages can be suppressed using tools/options/Writer/Print/Print automatically inserted blank pages. There's currently no such options for PDF export. - The page number field in the status bar shows the current page number and the number of pages. If the page number is set manually via Insert/Break/Page break with Style and Change page number (or the related setting in Format/Paragraph) then it also shows the index of the page. This is not related to mail merge. - It is not necessarily possible to detect if a printer is duplex or not. This information is not accessible on all platforms (if on any at all) that are supported from OOo. - If you don't want to use a wizard then use the mail merge dialog that can be configured under tools/customize under Documents/Mail merge. This either prints directly or saves a single file (with the same page issue) or multiple files. The typical use case that I know about is to mail merge a letter to a list of persons either as printouts or as e-Mail. What is the use case of exporting a mail merged document to a PDF-file? - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 14 14:41:51 + 2007 --- Regarding PDF- you are confusing me with hvedk... I never used that example, although I agree with his logic. I consider the extra pages as a contamination of the resulting merged output. It makes it difficult to print, difficult to review, and difficult to convert to PDF. As for the wizard- I hate it. It is confusing, long, and doesn't do at all what I want to do, which is to simply grab a few fields from a spreadsheet and place them in a docuemnt I have already designed. I do understand your explanation, I just still don't agree with it. I think it is more broken in its current form, for more people, than it would be if the blank pages were not added. If the user WANTED to print it in duplex, then having the merge contain extra blank pages defeats that and makes them print simplex. If the merge had no blank pages, it will still not print in duplex unless the user had the printer locked down to ALWAYS print EVERYTHING in duplex. And I have *never* seen anyone do that (in 22 years as an IT professional). Typically, using merge, the user will want separate physical pages for each record. But that is not ALWAYS the case. In WordPerfect, for example, I use merging all the time to make fancy reports in which there are more than one record on a printed page. I also use merging to create multipart pages, in which one page will be cut into separate physical parts later. Inserting blank pages (or even new pages in these cases) tends to make that even more difficult. I belive I understand some of the constraints with duplex. But at a very minimum- there should be a choice in the merge dialog if the user wants to have artifically added blank pages or not, with the default being no. I would propose this: Page Control: [ ] Streaming- no pages breaks between records [*] Page breaks- each record on a separate page [ ] Page breaks plus an extra blank page - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Nov 13 23:05:56 + 2007 --- This is a serious issue... and still confusing and irritating my users in version 2.3, almost two years after joesny first reported it. Under no case should blank pages be added to a merge document, unless the user has specifically requested it... and there are no such options in any merge dialog. Starting a new page with each record makes perfect sense, but not adding blank pages. If I open a saved, merged document that was a one page form merged with three records, I expect three pages. Instead, I get content, blank, content, blank, content. That is FIVE pages. When I click on the first page, the page indicator says Page 1/5 when I then click on the only other next page I can find, it says Page 1 3/5!! So something is also trying to hide the blank pages, making them extremely difficult to remove or even see, and messing up the page indicator too. They are visible, however, if you do a page preview of the document. I don't see how this really has anything to do with duplex as has been suggested in other comments. In our case, no printer or printer settings are ever set to duplex before or after merging a document. If this problem was created with duplex in mind, then the document should have been 6 pages in the above example, not 5. And, although this is probably not the appropriate location for the comment- there should be a THIRD option in the UI for the merge dialog, create and open new document. It should be unnecessary to print the document to a file, then turn around and manually open the document to look at it. Simply open up a new window with the new, merged document in it. And that should be set as the default option- not printing, not saving to a single file, not saving to multiple files. If you check user behavior- I bet 90%+ of people will want to look at what they merged to make sure it is correct, before printing it. Currently, this means always having to save it out, then having to open it back up again. And this blank page bug is validation as to why users want and need to look at the document before printing. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User os changed the following: What|Old value |New value CC|'freemant,helgekraak,kamat|'crxssi,freemant,helgekraa |aki' |k,kamataki' Status|STARTED |RESOLVED Resolution| |WONTFIX --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Nov 14 07:51:19 + 2007 --- Under no case should blank pages be added to a merge document, unless the user has specifically requested it... and there are no such options in any merge dialog. The reason for blank pages is the fact that the page number corresponds to left or right pages. As the merge doesn't check whether a page number is used or not it assigns the starting page number of the source - usually 1 - to the first page of each resulting merge. The Writer _always_ inserts the blank pages to fill the gaps between left/left or right/right pages. This has nothing to do with mail merge. If we wouldn't insert this blank page printing on duplex printers wouldn't work. You would always get two letter on one sheet. If I open a saved, merged document that was a one page form merged with three records, I expect three pages. Instead, I get content, blank, content, blank, content. That is FIVE pages. When I click on the first page, the page indicator says Page 1/5 when I then click on the only other next page I can find, it says Page 1 3/5!! So something is also trying to hide the blank pages, making them extremely difficult to remove or even see, and messing up the page indicator too. That's not messing up anything. In case of Page 1 3/5 the page indicator shows that you are at a page with the number 1 that is the third page out of 5. I don't see how this really has anything to do with duplex as has been suggested in other comments. In our case, no printer or printer settings are ever set to duplex before or after merging a document. If this problem was created with duplex in mind, then the document should have been 6 pages in the above example, not 5. There' no need for a trailing empty page. The printing takes care for it at the end of the print job. And, although this is probably not the appropriate location for the comment- there should be a THIRD option in the UI for the merge dialog, create and open new document. Which current two options do you mean that need a third option? It should be unnecessary to print the document to a file, then turn around and manually open the document to look at it. Simply open up a new window with the new, merged document in it. And that should be set as the default option- not printing, not saving to a single file, not saving to multiple files. If you check user behavior- I bet 90%+ of people will want to look at what they merged to make sure it is correct, before printing it. Currently, this means always having to save it out, then having to open it back up again. And this blank page bug is validation as to why users want and need to look at the document before printing. On page 7 of the wizard there's a button to check the resulting document. I don't see the need to open the resulting document by default after the merge is done. The wizard also takes care for printing the pages correctly. Issue resolved as wontfix. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Sep 5 10:42:30 + 2007 --- *** Issue 81271 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Aug 24 22:07:59 -0700 2006 --- As I understand, actually the merge-program changes the first paragraph and activates automatically the options insert break and with page style. Why not show this as options somewhere in the wizzard, so that the user understands what's happening and could adapt it to his wishes. [x] page break before every new record [ ] new sheet for every new record This options could be explained in the help-text. That would include the possibility, even not to insert a page break. And that would offer to use the mail-merge to create flexible listings. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User os changed the following: What|Old value |New value Target milestone|OOo 2.0.3 |OOo 2.x --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 18 04:46:51 -0700 2006 --- Target changed to 2.x - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 16 01:56:11 -0700 2006 --- I get the same problem when I mail merge with three records in a database. Page 1 and 3 are correct, i.e. correspond to the data in records 1 and 3. Record number 2 is not merged, but an empty page 2 is created. Interesting enough the mail merge wizard recognised that three records are available in the database table. You can browse all three records before you merge (and only get two). - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 9 05:35:09 -0700 2006 --- I suffered from this while creating my first single document mail merge document. I was told by the german staroffice newsgroup that OpenOffice.org thinks that everyone uses duplex printers and adds automatically empty pages. Although you can supress those thru the options which were told here, this is extremely annoying for starters and for those who print 1000 letters having 999 useless pages in thr document, waste of space and memory. This awkward solution should be changed to 1 page behavior default. A check box should pop op when I want to save a single document saying: [] I use duplex printing (or something similar) I suppose more than 50 % of all users don'T even have a duplex enabled printer. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Apr 9 05:35:50 -0700 2006 --- I suffered from this while creating my first single document mail merge document. I was told by the german staroffice newsgroup that OpenOffice.org thinks that everyone uses duplex printers and adds automatically empty pages. Although you can supress those thru the options which were told here, this is extremely annoying for starters and for those who print 1000 letters having 999 useless pages in thr document, waste of space and memory. This awkward solution should be changed to 1 page behavior default. A check box should pop op when I want to save a single document saying: [] I use duplex printing (or something similar) I suppose more than 50 % of all users don'T even have a duplex enabled printer. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tue Mar 21 04:04:24 -0800 2006 --- *** Issue 63388 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User hi changed the following: What|Old value |New value Ever confirmed| |1 Status|UNCONFIRMED |NEW Summary|Black Pages in Mail Merge |Blank Pages in Mail Merge Target milestone|--- |OOo 2.0.3 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 02:59:12 -0800 2006 --- HI-OS: I've got a bugdoc which hopefully help you to catch the problem. Note: Bugdoc is made by mailmerge but you can build such doc by hand, so it is not a mailmerge issue! - Load bugdoc and print it - you should get after all recipient a blank page excepting the last recipient Expect: 4 pages with all recipients without a blank page - print only page 1 and 2 - Second recipient is not printed Expect: 2 pages with recipient 1 and 2 - print page 1 until 3 - recipient 1 - blank page - recipient 2 Expect: 3 pages with recipients 1, 2 and 3 - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User hi changed the following: What|Old value |New value Attachment data| |Created an attachment | |(id=34432) load bugdoc --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 03:00:10 -0800 2006 --- Created an attachment (id=34432) load bugdoc - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User os changed the following: What|Old value |New value Status|NEW |STARTED Issue type|DEFECT|PATCH Subcomponent|programming |code --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 03:08:07 -0800 2006 --- Changed issue type to patch, subcomponent to code. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 03:14:33 -0800 2006 --- *** Issue 61565 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. *** - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[sw-issues] [Issue 58919] Blank Pages in Mail Merge
To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=58919 User hi changed the following: What|Old value |New value Issue type|PATCH |DEFECT Subcomponent|code |programming --- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fri Feb 24 03:17:17 -0800 2006 --- ---Aditional important comment from intersol from issue 61565: This problems had beed resolved in 2.0.2 RC3 but there is no hint for the user. The option is inserted in the Print Options. The settings is saved per document so the use have to go to 1. File - Print - Option - Uncheck Print automatically inserted blank pages for current document OR 2. Tools - Options - Writer - Print - Uncheck Print automatically inserted blank pages for current document for the new created documents. I think the solution was implemented but it will generate a LOT of support problems because the Mail Merge Wizard does not include this options even if this an specific option related to merging. I would keep it a an interface BUG :) and implement a shorcut to Print - Options and/or a explanatory text on one of the wizard page. The explanatory text must be present on Step #6 or BEFORE. The buton to open the Print - Options or directly the checkbox must be present in (Step #8 under select printer.). The people must know about this feature before the last step because they may forget to return to the wizard if they click edit in Step #6. - Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
