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Issue #|84156
Summary|Mail Merge Wizard - Limitations
Component|Word processor
Version|OOo 2.3
Platform|PC
URL|
OS/Version|Windows XP
Status|UNCONFIRMED
Status whiteboard|
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Resolution|
Issue type|ENHANCEMENT
Priority|P3
Subcomponent|code
Assigned to|mru
Reported by|peterhb
--- Additional comments from [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sat Dec 1 16:27:01 +
2007 ---
It's difficult to see a benefit from using the wizard, as opposed to creating a
form letter manually, mainly because of the following limitations.
1.In Step 4 creating the salutation will only allow the sex related Mr. and Mrs.
It makes no allowance for Miss, nor does it permit sexless addressing such as
Dr., or The Right Honourable etc..
2.Still in Step 4, it is possible to bodge something like "Dr. Crippen", but
only by creating an impossible trigger for recognising a female recipient, such
that the merge defaults to male. Of course one cannot have a prefix such as
"Dear" in this case and it has to be manually entered in Step 6.
3.Again in Step 4, the General salutation is not editable and the default values
are – a technical term here – somewhat limited. It would be a big step forward
if this list could be edited and data source fields entered, so as to support 2)
above.
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