[libreoffice-users] Merging Files
I have been using merging in MS Word for printing labels for a museum's jukeboxes. I cannot figure how to do this using my doc files with Libre Office, as it wants me to create new files, and much work doing custom layouts in Word. I do not want to start over, just be able to merge two already created files. Dave Reese Allentown PA www.reesed.com - My home page www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968 www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum This Day in Auto History 3.5.1927 The LaSalle is formally introduced as a companion marque to Cadillac. The Cadillac had been named for the explorer responsible for mapping the Great Lakes region of North America for the French crown Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, who was born on this day in 1658 in Gascogny, France. He is credited as the founder of Detroit, Michigan, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. -- 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] Merging Files
You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing though. Regards Mark Stanton One small step for mankind... -- 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] Merging Files
I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and the name of the songs on each side of the record... Dave Reese Allentown PA www.reesed.com - My home page www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968 www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum This Day in Auto History 3.5.1927 The LaSalle is formally introduced as a companion marque to Cadillac. The Cadillac had been named for the explorer responsible for mapping the Great Lakes region of North America for the French crown Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, who was born on this day in 1658 in Gascogny, France. He is credited as the founder of Detroit, Michigan, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing though. -- 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] Merging Files
I have not merged files in MS since word 6 for DOS, so things may have changed since then. I take it you have 2 .doc files, one is the label layout, is the other a comma separated list of the information to put on the labels?. How many labels per page. I merge performance data (serial number, specifications, test data) from a spread sheet into a writer document to print certificates using writer. I have different fonts, formatting and sizes of print. Is this what you are hoping to do with your labels. steve On 2012-03-06 07:49, Dave Reese wrote: I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and the name of the songs on each side of the record... Dave Reese Allentown PA www.reesed.com - My home page www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968 www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum This Day in Auto History 3.5.1927 The LaSalle is formally introduced as a companion marque to Cadillac. The Cadillac had been named for the explorer responsible for mapping the Great Lakes region of North America for the French crown Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, who was born on this day in 1658 in Gascogny, France. He is credited as the founder of Detroit, Michigan, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing though. -- 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] Merging Files
Yes, and I can use spread sheets with the same column headings. Libre Office did not just let me merge the template I used in MS Word using the same date sheet in either a .doc file or an .xls file. I was hoping there was a easy substitution without redifining the fields. I will experiment further in Libre Office. Dave Reese Allentown PA www.reesed.com - My home page www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968 www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum This Day in Auto History 3.5.1927 The LaSalle is formally introduced as a companion marque to Cadillac. The Cadillac had been named for the explorer responsible for mapping the Great Lakes region of North America for the French crown Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, who was born on this day in 1658 in Gascogny, France. He is credited as the founder of Detroit, Michigan, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I have not merged files in MS since word 6 for DOS, so things may have changed since then. I take it you have 2 .doc files, one is the label layout, is the other a comma separated list of the information to put on the labels?. How many labels per page. I merge performance data (serial number, specifications, test data) from a spread sheet into a writer document to print certificates using writer. I have different fonts, formatting and sizes of print. Is this what you are hoping to do with your labels. steve On 2012-03-06 07:49, Dave Reese wrote: I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and the name of the songs on each side of the record... Dave Reese Allentown PA On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing though. -- 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 -- 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] Merging Files
If not too private, can you email the label doc to me off list and I can see how it comes up in writer in regards the field definitions. steve On 2012-03-06 09:05, Dave Reese wrote: Yes, and I can use spread sheets with the same column headings. Libre Office did not just let me merge the template I used in MS Word using the same date sheet in either a .doc file or an .xls file. I was hoping there was a easy substitution without redifining the fields. I will experiment further in Libre Office. Dave Reese Allentown PA www.reesed.com - My home page www.reesed.com/WAHS68 - Homepage of William Allen High Class of 1968 www.summerharmony.com - The Premier Men's Chorus of the Lehigh Valley www.americaonwheels.org - Allentown's great new transportation museum This Day in Auto History 3.5.1927 The LaSalle is formally introduced as a companion marque to Cadillac. The Cadillac had been named for the explorer responsible for mapping the Great Lakes region of North America for the French crown Antoine de la Mothe, Le Sieur de Cadillac, who was born on this day in 1658 in Gascogny, France. He is credited as the founder of Detroit, Michigan, which today is affectionately known as the Motor City. On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote: I have not merged files in MS since word 6 for DOS, so things may have changed since then. I take it you have 2 .doc files, one is the label layout, is the other a comma separated list of the information to put on the labels?. How many labels per page. I merge performance data (serial number, specifications, test data) from a spread sheet into a writer document to print certificates using writer. I have different fonts, formatting and sizes of print. Is this what you are hoping to do with your labels. steve On 2012-03-06 07:49, Dave Reese wrote: I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and the name of the songs on each side of the record... Dave Reese Allentown PA On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Mark Stanton wrote: You're presumably talking about mailmerging? What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file? Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think it'll automatically recognise them). This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing though. -- 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 -- 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
