If you're trying to use hidden paragraphs, we had a long
discussion about this problem on this list a couple of weeks ago
and concluded that it doesn't work, due to a bug in OOo. The
workaround is to put those paragraphs into hidden sections.
Regards, Jean
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I took at look at the reference cited (I found it to be on p. 195 of the OOo
User Guide for 2.0; the topic is "Avoiding Blank Paragraphs").
I could very well be doing something wrong. However, I followed the
instructions as closely as I could, and it didn't work. It suppressed the paragraph
on everything, not just on records that had that field blank.
Anyone else have any success or failure with these instructions?
In a message dated 12/26/2005 7:39:56 PM Eastern Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Have a look at the user guide (http://documentation.openoffice.org)
... there is a section on this (~ page 167)...
/paul
On 12/23/05, Mark Phillips <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
I am creating sheets of labels from a mysql database. I am using OO 2.0 on
Debian.
When doing a mail merge from the database, how do I skip fields that are
null?
For example, I have two fields in my database - addr_1 and addr_2. On the
label I place addr_1 on one line and addr_2 on the next line. However, not
all the addresses need two lines. If a record in the database has a null
for
addr_2, then I don't want a blank line on the label. How do I tell OO to
skip
the field if it is null?
Thanks
--
Mark Phillips
Phillips Marketing, Inc
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