On Fri January 20 2006 15:32, Greg Mouning wrote:
> Matej Cepl <ceplm <at> seznam.cz> writes:
> > In the world of Office applications it is called MailMerge and it is
> > certainly available in OpenOffice. RTFM for more.
> >
> > Matej
>
> Thanks for your reply Matej and yes, I have reviewed the Mailmerge features
> supported by Office Suite. However, VDP takes the Mailmerge process a
> couple of steps further. For example, it optimizes documents such that
> printing repetitive images are loaded dymanmically, therefore the merging
> and printing process is accelerated. Another feature of VDP is the ability
> to print a variety of unique letters containing different images and fonts
> within the same merge process.
>
> Some of the products I am familiar with that utilize VDP include PrintShop
> Mail, XmPie and Planet Press.
You could do something similar with OOo by either generating the ODT files
independetly of OOo (as they as just zipped text files), or using UNO calls
to manipulate the document in OOo. The document from either could then be
sent o the printer using OOo. Maybe not as efficient as your other programs
but very flexible.
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