Has anyone ever, ever, ever gotten Openoffice mail merge to work? What version of openoffice does it work on and how do you do it? Is there any good free software mail merge alternative?
Mail Merge (aka Form Letters) Feature that allows a single template document to produce a large number of customized documents, by creating multiple copies of the template with certain fields (such as name, address, etc) filled in. Field data needs to be sourced from external data sources such as csvs, spreadsheets, database files or other. The apparent way to do this in openoffice is to create a spreadsheet in calc; create a document in writer; then use the Tools->Mail Merge Wizard. Following the Mail Merge wizard's steps leads to a disastrous showstopper when you get to the part where it asks you to selecta database source. Openoffice allows you to select a spreadsheet, but gives no indication how to move forward (OK button is grayed out). Version used is Openoffice 2.4.1 from Ubuntu 8.04. Similar reports on the internet say give mixed signals on how to get it to work. Certain guides seem to have no trouble. Certain forum posts seem to have never once seen it in action. My experience is closer to the second one. So, anyone? _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List http://lists.linux.org.ph/mailman/listinfo/plug Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
