On 1/18/06, G. Roderick Singleton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 17:01 -0500, THUFIR HAWAT wrote: > > I haven't installed open office yet, but this appears to be the best > > tool for me to accomplish a mail merge with. However, I don't want a > > "snail" mail merge, but an e-mail merge, if you will. I use pine for > > e-mail, but, Pine doesn't seem to support mail merge (although it does > > have a form letter). > > > > Once I do the mail merge from open office, what's the best tool to > > e-mail the letters out? I've read a tad about java mail, so my hope > > is that java mail, or whatever, would read the e-mail address > > contained in the letter and send the letter accordingly. > > > > The quick answer is enable mailmerge.py under OOo2.x. This package lives > in the program directory where you installed OOo. Use > ./unopkg add --shared mailmerge.py to make it available to every > installed user. > > Manually edit Writer.xcu and change the following <value> to True: > <prop oor:name="EMailSupported" oor:type="xs:boolean"> > <value>false</value> > </prop> > > Start OOo nad use the wizard. If none of the above makes sense then > please watch http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/index.html for > the new HOW-T) entitled, "How To Email Mailmerge using mailmerge.py" > which provides a step-by-step procedure. > > -- > PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. > OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead > http://documentation.openoffice.org/ > >
Thanks for the info. I'm still building my database (having trouble with compound keys), but at least I have a starting point once I get the structure worked out and have some data to work with :) -Thufir --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
