Not sure if I've missed the point here - Create a spreadsheet .ods file with 3 columns each column headed - col1, col2, col3 Add two rows populating respective columns my first row contained 1, 2, 3 and the 2nd row a, b ,c so I had a spreadsheet .ods file that looked like this -
col1 col2 col3 1 2 3 a b c Create a writer .odt file add the bespoke fields Insert -> Fields -> Other Push the "Add Database File Browse" button. Navigate to the .ods file Push the open button The spreadhsst .ods file should then be added to the "Database Selection" pane. Select the fields you want added to the writer .odt file positioning them as approprate save the document Start the Mail Merge Wizard Select the Starting Document i.e. the .odt file created above Move directly to the "Select Save, Print or Send" dialog Select the "Save Merged Document" Radio Button Select the "Save as a Single Document" Radio Button Push the "Save Documents" Button Save the merged document Does this get you close to where you want to be? Alex On Wednesday 19 Mar 2014 17:03:18 Jeff Prater wrote: > That's the problem. Whenever I attempt to do the mail merge, it doesn't > list any of the custom fields in my document. It only list "canned" fields. > I don't see how I can match my existing fields within this interface. > > [image: Inline image 2][image: Inline image 1] > > > ----- > Jeff Prater > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 4:43 PM, Don C. Myers <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Hi, > > I did my database in OO about 10 years ago, maybe more. I haven't fiddled > > with the fields since then, but they were custom fields. I moved to LO as > > soon as it was released. I use mail merge extensively, and had no problems > > having custom named fields working to pull the data from. So there should > > still be someway to do it. > > Don > > > > > > On 03/19/2014 04:12 PM, Jeff Prater wrote: > > > >> Yeah--I guess I could do that. But I already have all these fields > >> created. > >> I have probably 50+ documents where I would need to make these manual > >> changes. Plus, the spreadsheets get updated regularly and I don't want to > >> have to reimport/reattach the spreadsheet all the time. I guess I'll have > >> to stick with Lotus Symphony. :( > >> > >> > >> ----- > >> Jeff Prater > >> > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 3:22 PM, Steve Edmonds > >> <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > >> On 2014-03-20 07:12, Jeff Prater wrote: > >>> > >>> At my job we currently use Lotus Symphony and we use the Open Document > >>>> format exclusively. We're currently in the process of migrating to > >>>> LibreOffice 4.2. We have a lot of documents we use with the mail merge > >>>> feature. All of the data sources are from spreadsheets. In Symphony, the > >>>> spreadsheet column names are automatically mapped to the field names in > >>>> the > >>>> text document. In LO, however, it seems it only wants to default to > >>>> "standard" mail merge fields (first name, last name, address line 1, > >>>> city, > >>>> state, zip, etc.). I would have to remap every field to match LO's field > >>>> naming convention. I don't want to have to do that. How can I make this > >>>> more like Symphony's mail merge functionality where LO matches the > >>>> column > >>>> name with the field name? I'm not merging letters--I'm merging data > >>>> from a > >>>> spreadsheet using custom column names (like AmountPosted, JobID, > >>>> DateCreated, DateCompleted, etc.). Thanks! > >>>> > >>>> ----- > >>>> Jeff Prater > >>>> > >>>> Hi. > >>>> > >>> I merge spread sheet data into documents that a printed (certificates). I > >>> started by creating the certificate in writer, just as I want it to look > >>> with dummy information. Then to replace the dummy information from a > >>> spread > >>> sheet I Insert>Field>Other (ctl-F2). Select the database tab, mail merge > >>> fields and under the right pane Add database file - Browse. I locate my > >>> spread sheet which will appear in the right pane and allow you to select > >>> the field you want. > >>> Note that this copies the sheet to an odb file and inserts from that > >>> file. > >>> If you update your spread sheet the odb file is not automatically > >>> updated. > >>> Steve > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe 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 > >>> > >>> > >>> > > -- > > > > *~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~* > > Don C. 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