If you have Filemaker Pro, you should have an ODBC driver and connect directly to Filemaker Pro without any text file.
Mail merge from plain text extremely simple: A The text file Create a dedicated directory for the text file and for similar files to come. Open the text file in a text editor (notepad). In the office suite: File>New>Database... [X] Connect to existing database Type: <Text> Specify the _directory_ where you put the file (and similar files to come) and all the details to read your text file properly (column delimiter, encoding, text delimiter, file name suffix) [X] Register the database Store the database. Close the database Forget the database. It only stores information about the format and the location of your data in a directory of text files. ############################################# All the above steps are configuration for all serial letters to come. Just replace your text file or drop more text files in the same directory. ############################################# In Writer hit F4 Browse your file (table) in the left pane and select it. When your data appear in the right pane, grab the required column headers and drop them into your document where you can arrange the resulting fields like you wourl do with any other field for dates and page numbers. When you print, confirm that you are going to print a serial letter. In the dialog you can filter, sort and select records. If you store your serial letter as a template, all you need to do next time is writing the letter text and selecting the receipients. -- View this message in context: http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/Need-Help-Setting-Up-Mail-Merge-tp3991923p3991948.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] 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
