At 17:30 04/01/2009 -0800, Allan Abrahamse wrote:
How do I use openoffice writer to create a "directory" (the term MS
Word uses). That is, a single document with a list whose items are
records in a database. Openoffice mail merge seems to only want to
send each record to a different page.
I don't know that you can use Mail Merge in this way - at least, not
directly. Here is a slightly messy workaround, which you may or may
not find useful:
o Follow the Mail Merge Wizard up to Step 6: Edit document.
o Click the Edit Document... button.
o Cut the entire content - the fields and any other text - from the
frame and paste it outside the frame.
o Delete the frame.
o Click the Return to Mail Merge Wizard button.
o Continue the Wizard to Step 8: Save, print or send.
o Select "Save merged document" and "Save as single document".
o Click Save Documents and Finish. (You now have what you need
except for your stated problem: each record is on a separate page.)
o Select all the material, cut it, and then use Edit | Paste
Special... (or right-click | Paste Special... or Ctrl+Shift+V) to
paste it back into place. In the Paste Special dialogue box, select
"Unformatted text". This removes the page breaks at a stroke. (I
don't see any reliable way to do this using regular expressions.)
o Adjust formatting as required.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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