https://bugs.documentfoundation.org/show_bug.cgi?id=173472
Bug ID: 173472
Summary: Mail merge: add an option to disable automatic removal
of paragraphs containing an empty merge field
Product: LibreOffice
Version: 24.2.7.2 release
Hardware: x86-64 (AMD64)
OS: Linux (All)
Status: UNCONFIRMED
Severity: enhancement
Priority: medium
Component: Writer
Assignee: [email protected]
Reporter: [email protected]
Description:
When performing a mail merge (Save Merged Documents), any paragraph containing
a
database/merge field whose value is empty for the current record is entirely
removed
from the output document — even when that paragraph also contains static text
(e.g. "Phone: <Tel>" disappears completely if the Tel field is empty, even
though the
static text "Phone: " should normally be able to display on its own).
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Create a Writer document linked to a data source (Calc, Base, etc.)1
2. Insert a line such as: Phone: <Tel> (field dragged from the Data Sources
window)
3. Make sure at least one record has an empty Tel field
4. Run the mail merge, then "Save Merged Documents"
Actual Results:
The whole line ("Phone: " + field) disappears from the generated document for
records where Tel is empty.
Expected Results:
The static text in the paragraph (here "Phone: ") should still be displayed;
only the
field's own content should be empty.
Reproducible: Always
User Profile Reset: No
Additional Info:
Add an option (in Tools > Options > LibreOffice Writer, or in the Mail Merge
Wizard /
Mail Merge toolbar) to disable this automatic paragraph-removal behavior
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