On Thursday 20 December 2007 07:17:21 Ike Dawson wrote: > Good Afternoon All > > I'm trying to help a family member mail merge with Open Office > 2.3.1: we both have well endowed XP SP2 Dell machines and I am > getting the same results as he is! > > Last year we had trouble mail merging in 2.2 which didn't work as in > the Help file: I merged for him using Word97 and he printed > it. We're now having a repeat performance. > > Update to OOo 2.3.1 with an appropriate current document on screen > and entering the Mail Merge Wizard, at 'Step 3 Insert Address Block' > then moving to 3.'1 Select Address List', last years Calc sheet of > NADs is selected and works. > > Going 'Add' and navigating to the new NAD source Calc Sheet, I > highlight and hit Open and it appears in the Add Window. However the > OK button to Choose it as the correct source, is greyed out as indeed > are all subsequent items under Steps, i.e. Steps 4 - 8 > > I've tried adding other NAD Sheets: whilst I can ADD them to the > list as potential NAD sources, I cannot OK the ~Choice of any of them > ... nor can I delete any of them from the Add list. > > Please would some one tell me where I'm going wrong but more > importantly how to put it right? > > Yours aye > > Ike Dawson
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/ This web page has a chapter on Mail Merge in the Writer Guide section. It should answer your questions about this subject. Dan --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
