[libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
In news:4e1608f7.1010...@ptglobal.com, Steve Edmonds steve.edmo...@ptglobal.com typed: Hi. I am trying to perform a mail merge with numbers but can't seem to control the number format. I am merging with a .ods sheet with data. I have formatted the numbers in the sheet but in writer the formatting changes. 3.0012 prints as 3, 0.497 prints as 0.50 and 423.56 prints as 423.56. How do I control the formatting on a merge, do I need to convert numbers to text. steve OS? LO? Versions? Something, anything, to try to help those trying to help you? Do those numbers come from your printer? Or LO? Etc. -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
On 08/07/11 17:49, Alexander Thurgood wrote: Le 07/07/11 23:31, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. ) I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so much for preserving past investment as our mission statement likes to tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a business necessity. I see that there is a bug issue floating around on bugzilla for all problems deemed to be required to be resolved in order for LibreOffice to be considered enterprise ready - I hope mailmerge is up there with the others (haven't looked yet to be honest). For a quick gander at mailmerge problems : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge Alex I was using mail merge on 3.4.1 on mac and it was easy to set up to merge with an .ods file. I could edit the mail after the merge and change things around, encountered no problems except the known issue of producing PDF's properly with a document containing EPSs. steve -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (08-07-11 07:49) I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so much for preserving past investment as our mission statement likes to tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a business necessity. Well, I think it is worth knowing what are indeed reproducable regressions compared to OpemOffice.org 3.3.0 on the list below. For a quick gander at mailmerge problems : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge Thanks, Cor ( leaving for a short vacation soon ) -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
Hi :) Good luck and have fun on vacation! You will be sorely missed here! Many regards from Tom :) From: Cor Nouws oo...@nouenoff.nl To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Fri, 8 July, 2011 14:57:40 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting Hi Alex, Alexander Thurgood wrote (08-07-11 07:49) I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so much for preserving past investment as our mission statement likes to tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a business necessity. Well, I think it is worth knowing what are indeed reproducable regressions compared to OpemOffice.org 3.3.0 on the list below. For a quick gander at mailmerge problems : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge Thanks, Cor ( leaving for a short vacation soon ) -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
Tom Davies wrote (08-07-11 16:01) Hi :) Good luck and have fun on vacation! You will be sorely missed here! :-x -- - Cor - http://nl.libreoffice.org -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
[libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting
Le 07/07/11 23:31, Cor Nouws a écrit : Hi Cor, Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-) But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta) version of OpenOffice.org was made available. Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works. ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. ) I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so much for preserving past investment as our mission statement likes to tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org 3.2.1 for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a business necessity. I see that there is a bug issue floating around on bugzilla for all problems deemed to be required to be resolved in order for LibreOffice to be considered enterprise ready - I hope mailmerge is up there with the others (haven't looked yet to be honest). For a quick gander at mailmerge problems : https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge Alex -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to users+h...@global.libreoffice.org In case of problems unsubscribing, write to postmas...@documentfoundation.org Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
