On Mon, 2005-08-08 at 07:10 -0500, Vaughn L. Reid III wrote: > The issue of blank fields in mail merges has been raised several times > in issuezilla since version 1.0.3, but it keeps getting reclassified as > an enhancement. I have to disagree that this is an enhancement. The > functionality of a properly working and usable mail merge is an > essential component of an office suite. I know that funds are tight > and developers are overworked, but this has got to be seen to. > > Luckily for you Mike, you can program in perl and get a properly > formatted address list that way. Your example does show, however, some > of the extraordinary steps that someone sometimes has to take to get a > working mail merge with OpenOffice. > > At the very least, the help screens should describe in detail how to set > up the suppression of blank fields. Back when I was first learning to > suppress blank fields in OpenOffice mail merges, I found that the help > left out a whole lot of the steps and layers of nuance necessary to get > the mail merge to work properly.
Hi Vaughn, The suppression of blank fields and similar tips and methods are listed in the OOo knowledgebase at the link specified below. If you have any other valuable tips, please feel free to contribute them to the knowledgebase. Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips (RSS) - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase - http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/ Cybersite Consulting - http://www.cybersite.com.au/ Training4Linux - http://www.training4linux.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
