There is a way to do this and it's not that hard, it's just (in my opinion)  
not real obvious either.
 
1. File > New > Labels
 
2. Select label type
 
3. Select database; move desired database fields to label text field,  adding 
any spaces, commas, line breaks, etc. as needed
 
4. Click New Doc.
 
5. Tools > Mail Merge Wizard
 
6. Step 1: Click "Use Current Document"
 
7. Skip steps 2-7
 
8. Click step 8 "Save, print, send"
 
9. Click "Save merged document"; click "Save as single document"
 
10. Click "Save Documents". Give document a name when asked.
 
11. Open saved document. A question will be asked: "Update all links".  
Answer "No"
 
12. Now you can view the document before printing, edit it as you like,  etc.
 
That should do it. Let me know if it works for you. This process works fine  
for me.
 
Dick, Webster, NY
 
In a message dated 12/17/2005 9:49:04 AM Eastern Standard Time,  
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

On  Saturday, December 17, 2005 5:34am, CPHennessy wrote:
>  I'm not  sure if it helps, but have a look at recent postings on this
> list.  Also if that does not help then [email protected] may be
> able to  help you.

Thanks for responding. I've been following the various  threads dealing 
with labels but haven't seen anything relevant to my  problem. I did 
discover a workaround that might be useful to others:
1)  Save the uneditable .odt as a .doc file (converts fields to text).
2) Save  the .doc file back to .odt.

Unfortunately, that cumbersome process is  not a big selling point when 
trying to convince others to switch from  WordPerfect to OpenOffice.  :-(

Thanks  again,
Arn

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