[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Mail Merge Wizard problems
Hello Dan, First of all, that section was rewritten by Jean( I do not want to say that she has removed any example, there was no example in the draft). Secondly, That section do not give any example. It just describes the steps of mail merge.But I think it would be appropriate to include an example. I think there was a bug in the salutation part also. I don't remember clearly. And as you say that there are not many details, then the mail merge has a chapter to itself in the writer guide. The base Guide only notes important details of the steps. Pulkit Krishna On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:35 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Ok, I'll check it out. > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:43 AM Dan Lewis wrote: > >> Just above the Create a Salutation page of the wizard is this paragraph. >> >> "In this example, three different salutations are to be produced: all >> records with 'f' will start with *Dear Ms*, all those with 'm' will >> start with *Dear Mr*. If no gender is given, the salutation will start >> with *Hello*. You can click the *New...* buttons to create other >> salutations, for example *Dear *." >> >> This is where I have problems once again. I was able to get the Wizard to >> work by using the query, Readeraddresses. Problem here because no table nor >> query was mentioned as the data source from the beginning. Now, there is >> suppose to be a table or query whose first field contains one of three >> values: f, m, or not value at all. What is its name? It is mentioned in >> another part of the Base Guide, but I do not remember what chapter it is in. >> >> It is not clear to me as to what nor how this is suppose to work. There >> is not enough *detail* for someone who wants to learn how to do this. >> >> Dan >> >> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Mail Merge Wizard problems
Hello Dan, We are using media without macros database in that chapter. Pulkit Krishna On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:17 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Dan, > First of all, that section was rewritten by Jean( I do not want to say > that she has removed any example, there was no example in the draft). > Secondly, That section do not give any example. It just describes the steps > of mail merge.But I think it would be appropriate to include an example. I > think there was a bug in the salutation part also. I don't remember > clearly. And as you say that there are not many details, then the mail > merge has a chapter to itself in the writer guide. The base Guide only > notes important details of the steps. > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:35 AM Pulkit Krishna > wrote: > >> Ok, I'll check it out. >> Pulkit Krishna >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:43 AM Dan Lewis >> wrote: >> >>> Just above the Create a Salutation page of the wizard is this paragraph. >>> >>> "In this example, three different salutations are to be produced: all >>> records with 'f' will start with *Dear Ms*, all those with 'm' will >>> start with *Dear Mr*. If no gender is given, the salutation will start >>> with *Hello*. You can click the *New...* buttons to create other >>> salutations, for example *Dear *." >>> >>> This is where I have problems once again. I was able to get the Wizard >>> to work by using the query, Readeraddresses. Problem here because no table >>> nor query was mentioned as the data source from the beginning. Now, there >>> is suppose to be a table or query whose first field contains one of three >>> values: f, m, or not value at all. What is its name? It is mentioned in >>> another part of the Base Guide, but I do not remember what chapter it is in. >>> >>> It is not clear to me as to what nor how this is suppose to work. There >>> is not enough *detail* for someone who wants to learn how to do this. >>> >>> Dan >>> >>> -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Mail Merge Wizard problems
Hello Dan, You can mention it there.(See all of my previous posts) Pulkit Krishna On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:26 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Dan, > We are using media without macros database in that chapter. > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:17 AM Pulkit Krishna > wrote: > >> Hello Dan, >> First of all, that section was rewritten by Jean( I do not want to say >> that she has removed any example, there was no example in the draft). >> Secondly, That section do not give any example. It just describes the steps >> of mail merge.But I think it would be appropriate to include an example. I >> think there was a bug in the salutation part also. I don't remember >> clearly. And as you say that there are not many details, then the mail >> merge has a chapter to itself in the writer guide. The base Guide only >> notes important details of the steps. >> Pulkit Krishna >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:35 AM Pulkit Krishna < >> pulkitkrishn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Ok, I'll check it out. >>> Pulkit Krishna >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:43 AM Dan Lewis >>> wrote: >>> Just above the Create a Salutation page of the wizard is this paragraph. "In this example, three different salutations are to be produced: all records with 'f' will start with *Dear Ms*, all those with 'm' will start with *Dear Mr*. If no gender is given, the salutation will start with *Hello*. You can click the *New...* buttons to create other salutations, for example *Dear *." This is where I have problems once again. I was able to get the Wizard to work by using the query, Readeraddresses. Problem here because no table nor query was mentioned as the data source from the beginning. Now, there is suppose to be a table or query whose first field contains one of three values: f, m, or not value at all. What is its name? It is mentioned in another part of the Base Guide, but I do not remember what chapter it is in. It is not clear to me as to what nor how this is suppose to work. There is not enough *detail* for someone who wants to learn how to do this. Dan -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
[libreoffice-documentation] Re: Mail Merge Wizard problems
Now I see the problem more clearly. The readeradress query has not a title and salutation column but not a gender column. We can leave out the example there. The writer guide describes Mail Merge in detail. We have just told the steps. Our part is how to connect to database the rest is part of writer guide. We can add its reference there. To learn the steps of mail merge from scratch, fiest a user should use an csv database, as desribed in the writer Guide, and then if he tries that section in Base Guide then he will be able to understand it very well. Elaborating everything everywhere is not necessary. Pulkit Krishna On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:27 AM Pulkit Krishna wrote: > Hello Dan, > You can mention it there.(See all of my previous posts) > Pulkit Krishna > > > On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:26 AM Pulkit Krishna > wrote: > >> Hello Dan, >> We are using media without macros database in that chapter. >> Pulkit Krishna >> >> >> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 11:17 AM Pulkit Krishna < >> pulkitkrishn...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello Dan, >>> First of all, that section was rewritten by Jean( I do not want to say >>> that she has removed any example, there was no example in the draft). >>> Secondly, That section do not give any example. It just describes the steps >>> of mail merge.But I think it would be appropriate to include an example. I >>> think there was a bug in the salutation part also. I don't remember >>> clearly. And as you say that there are not many details, then the mail >>> merge has a chapter to itself in the writer guide. The base Guide only >>> notes important details of the steps. >>> Pulkit Krishna >>> >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 10:35 AM Pulkit Krishna < >>> pulkitkrishn...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Ok, I'll check it out. Pulkit Krishna On Sun, Apr 26, 2020 at 1:43 AM Dan Lewis wrote: > Just above the Create a Salutation page of the wizard is this > paragraph. > > "In this example, three different salutations are to be produced: all > records with 'f' will start with *Dear Ms*, all those with 'm' will > start with *Dear Mr*. If no gender is given, the salutation will > start with *Hello*. You can click the *New...* buttons to create > other salutations, for example *Dear *." > > This is where I have problems once again. I was able to get the Wizard > to work by using the query, Readeraddresses. Problem here because no table > nor query was mentioned as the data source from the beginning. Now, there > is suppose to be a table or query whose first field contains one of three > values: f, m, or not value at all. What is its name? It is mentioned in > another part of the Base Guide, but I do not remember what chapter it is > in. > > It is not clear to me as to what nor how this is suppose to work. > There is not enough *detail* for someone who wants to learn how to do > this. > > Dan > > -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: documentation+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? https://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: https://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
