https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=93719
Bug ID: 93719
Summary: MAILMERGE: Freezes On "Step 5: Adjust Layout" in OS X
Or Does Not Show Preview on Windows 7
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 5.0.1.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Mac OS X (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: normal
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
Reporter: kay.wro...@gmx.net
Created attachment 118231
--> https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/attachment.cgi?id=118231&action=edit
Sample addresses for Mail Merge Wizard. The data is copied from a file that was
downloaded from another Internet location here:
http://spreadsheetpage.com/index.php/file/mail_merge_demo/
Running the Mail Merge wizard in LibreOffice 5 Writer hangs on "Step 5: Adjust
Layout" and requires user to force-quit the program. On Windows 7, this step
will not hang, but the expected preview frame inside the left panel does not
show. In addition (on Windows), once user steps forward to Step 6 and then
decides to click "Go back", the wizard moves to Step 4 and Step 5 is greyed out
and inaccessible from that point on.
Steps to reproduce the problem for OS X:
1. Open LibreOffice and start a new Writer Document.
2. Click on Tools, Mail Merge Wizard.
3. Select "Start from a template" radio button
4. Click "Browse" button
5. Select "Business Correspondence" from Categories and "Modern Business
Letter" from the Templates list. Then click "ok"
6. Click "Next"
7. Choose "Letter" and click "Next"
8. Click "Select Address List..."
9. Click "Add..."
10.Browse to the file containing the address data (you can use the spreadsheet
I attached to this bug report)
11.Select the newly added file data source and click "Ok"
12.Verify that item "4. Check if the address data matches correctly" has all
the fields properly mapped (if you use the attached file, they should all be
populated now)
13.Click "Next"
14. Leave all things as is on the "Create a salutation" wizard page (Step 4)
and click "Next"
At this point, the wizard will move to Step 5 and display "Adjust Layout"
panel. It will show several fields towards the left side of the right panel
area. The right side of the right panel area should normally display a Preview
window. Instead, LibreOffice 5 will now become unresponsive and a spinning
"Beach Ball" will appear, indicating that the application is not responding. It
will stay like this until the user force-quits LibreOffice.
On Windows 7, this step will also look exactly the same with no preview showing
in the right side of the right panel, but LibreOffice will allow user to
continue the wizard. So on Windows 7, follow the next steps to see the other
odd behavior which I think may be related to this bug:
15.The wizard is now on "Step 6: Edit Document". At this point, the list of
steps in the left panel show "Step 5. Adjust Layout" as greyed out. Click
"Back" button
16.The wizard will step over "Step 5" straight back to "Step 4". User will
expect to be back on "Step 5" instead.
17.Click "Next". The wizard will step over "Step 5" again straight to "Step 6"
On Windows 7, if the user continues with the wizard, properly merged documents
will be created. On OS X, the wizard cannot be completed and the user is left
without any merged document(s).
I am using the version indicated in this bug report (5.0.1.2 release) on both
OS X (Yosemite) and Windows 7 SP1.
--
You are receiving this mail because:
You are the assignee for the bug.
_______________________________________________
Libreoffice-bugs mailing list
Libreoffice-bugs@lists.freedesktop.org
http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/libreoffice-bugs
