Fred A. Miller wrote:
I searched all the OO docs and can't find the solution to a mail merge problem. I don't know if there is a solution, but hope so. In working with Base, and then in writer with mail merge, I need to be able to eliminate the space(s) created when there is an absence of data from a database. For example, some records may have 2 address lines between the name and city, yet most will only have 1 address line. If I have 2 defined fields for address 1 and address 2 there is an empty line created in the mail merge. Is there a way in writer to keep from having an empty line when there's no data to import from a database?
We had a long discussion about this a couple of weeks ago and concluded that, due to a bug in OOo, using the "hidden paragraph" technique does not work (the line is always hidden, whether there is data in it or not), but a "hidden section" does work. I'm revising the mail merge chapter in the Writer Guide to cover this. In the meanwhile, if my comment is too cryptic, so ask for more info.
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