To comment on the following update, log in, then open the issue: http://www.openoffice.org/issues/show_bug.cgi?id=102715 Issue #|102715 Summary|MailMerge service should have page numbering options Component|Word processor Version|OOo 3.1 Platform|Unknown URL| OS/Version|All Status|UNCONFIRMED Status whiteboard| Keywords| Resolution| Issue type|ENHANCEMENT Priority|P2 Subcomponent|programming Assigned to|writerneedsconfirm Reported by|qstone
------- Additional comments from qst...@openoffice.org Fri Jun 12 11:58:29 +0000 2009 ------- Some time ago you resolved issue 55595 so that when a mailmerge is done, the page number/page count is done per record, not for the entire document. Although this is great for printing bulk letters (each letter has its own numbering), it makes impossible to use page number/page count for other usages, such as editing catalogs. Say I have a list of 500 articles, and I want to create a liste of them, 10 articles per page. I can use mailmerge for that, and I get a nice 50-page document. Now if I want to work with colleagues on that list, I definitely will need a consistant page numbering (1/50, 2/50...50/50). But mailmerge cannot do that. So I suggest that the service MailMerge would be enhanced with an additional property (let's call it GlobalNumbering for now), that would default to False. When set to True, it disables the tricks introduced by issue 55595 (1 page style per iteration of the source document, if I'm not mistaking), and maybe it skips the insertion of empty pages (if necessary for a valid page count). On the UI side, well let's say that the mailing assistant was written from a send-many-letters point of view, so it's not very well adapted for the case I describe here. One could start with a checkbox option somewhere, keeping in mind that a rewriting of that assistant could be a good idea (okay I don't like the mailing assistant, but please note how carefully I try not no start a flamewar). --------------------------------------------------------------------- Please do not reply to this automatically generated notification from Issue Tracker. Please log onto the website and enter your comments. http://qa.openoffice.org/issue_handling/project_issues.html#notification --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: issues-unsubscr...@sw.openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: issues-h...@sw.openoffice.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: allbugs-unsubscr...@openoffice.org For additional commands, e-mail: allbugs-h...@openoffice.org
