[libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
Am 01.05.2012 22:25, Nino Novak wrote: Hi, when producing MailMerge text documents, semi-automatic Page Breaks are inserted which can only be removed manually one by one, but not all together by e.g. selecting the whole document (Ctrl+A) and removing Page Breaks in the Format Paragraph dialog. XML shows that paragraphs with page breaks are different from paragraphs without page breaks, they bear the name P4: Drag your table or query from the data source window into the document. Choose to import text fields. There won't be any page breaks. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 22:56:15 Andreas Säger wrote: Am 01.05.2012 22:25, Nino Novak wrote: Hi, when producing MailMerge text documents, semi-automatic Page Breaks are inserted which can only be removed manually one by one, but not all together by e.g. selecting the whole document (Ctrl+A) and removing Page Breaks in the Format Paragraph dialog. XML shows that paragraphs with page breaks are different from paragraphs without page breaks, they bear the name P4: Drag your table or query from the data source window into the document. Choose to import text fields. There won't be any page breaks. I do not see how to achieve the desired result by mere dragging. E.g. with the included database Biblio, I can create the following Template: == Bibliography.biblio.Title by Bibliography.biblio.Author Publisher, Bibliography.biblio.Year ISBN: Bibliography.biblio.ISBN ==Next record:Bibliography.biblio From this template, a list is created by copying several instances of the same template until the end of the page, then mailmerging, i.e. printing the wanted records in a target document. At least that's how I do it. Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
Am Dienstag, 1. Mai 2012, 23:44:21 schrieb Andreas Säger: Am 01.05.2012 23:19, Nino Novak wrote: I do not see how to achieve the desired result by mere dragging. E.g. with the included database Biblio, I can create the following Template: Well, you drag the desired row set into the new document. ? As said, I want a formatted output, and this cannot be achieved by mere dragging as there is text in between and different font styles are used. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AltSearch can search page breaks. Just tried. It says, 29 page breaks replaced but they are still there, and you can rerun the search with the same result over and over. Any other ideas? Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 00:01 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: Am Dienstag, 1. Mai 2012, 23:44:21 schrieb Andreas Säger: Am 01.05.2012 23:19, Nino Novak wrote: I do not see how to achieve the desired result by mere dragging. E.g. with the included database Biblio, I can create the following Template: Well, you drag the desired row set into the new document. ? As said, I want a formatted output, and this cannot be achieved by mere dragging as there is text in between and different font styles are used. http://extensions.services.openoffice.org/project/AltSearch can search page breaks. Just tried. It says, 29 page breaks replaced but they are still there, and you can rerun the search with the same result over and over. Any other ideas? Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use of a style, yes? Can't you just edit the style P4 I think it was, so it doesn't create a page break? Like I said, I didn't try, but that is what I would do first. //drew -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
Hi Drew, On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:22:04 drew jensen wrote: Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use of a style, yes? Can't you just edit the style P4 I think it was, so it doesn't create a page break? Good thought. However, I don't know how to alter this special style from the UI. It does not show up in the styles dialog. Seems to be some special style type. The mentioned style info is kept in the office:automatic-styles section in the content.xml, whatever this means. Regards, Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 00:36 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Drew, On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:22:04 drew jensen wrote: Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use of a style, yes? Can't you just edit the style P4 I think it was, so it doesn't create a page break? Good thought. However, I don't know how to alter this special style from the UI. It does not show up in the styles dialog. Seems to be some special style type. The mentioned style info is kept in the office:automatic-styles section in the content.xml, whatever this means. Regards, Nino LO documents are zipped files. Change the extension of the file from .odt to .zip. Then unzip it. The zipped file contains some files and some folders; one of these files is content.xml. It can be edited with an text editor. Search for office:automatic-styles in the text editor. Without having an odt file with a page break in it, I can not make any further comments. --Dan -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Wanted: Macro for removing Page Breaks in MailMerge docs
Am Dienstag, 1. Mai 2012, 18:54:05 schrieb Dan Lewis: On Wed, 2012-05-02 at 00:36 +0200, Nino Novak wrote: Hi Drew, On Tuesday 01 May 2012, 18:22:04 drew jensen wrote: Hi Nino I haven't tried this, but from reading the earlier email - the page break is injected with the use of a style, yes? Can't you just edit the style P4 I think it was, so it doesn't create a page break? Good thought. However, I don't know how to alter this special style from the UI. It does not show up in the styles dialog. Seems to be some special style type. The mentioned style info is kept in the office:automatic-styles section in the content.xml, whatever this means. Regards, Nino LO documents are zipped files. Change the extension of the file from .odt to .zip. Then unzip it. The zipped file contains some files and some folders; one of these files is content.xml. It can be edited with an text editor. Search for office:automatic-styles in the text editor. Without having an odt file with a page break in it, I can not make any further comments. Dan, that's exactly what I did (hence the detailed info in my first mail). But no chance to alter the page breaks from the UI. Thanks to all who replied!!! Good night, Nino -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: users+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
