On Saturday 31 December 2005 5:09 pm, Jean Hollis Weber wrote: > 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"
Sorry, I seem to have missed that! > 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. Yes, if you don't mind. I did use the insert section and hide, however, I don't know what to enter as a condition so that text will be there if there is an entry in the database, and the empty line won't appear in a mailmerge if there's no data. Thanks! Fred -- Paid purchaser of ALL SuSE Linux releases since 6.x --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
