Re: Pringing adrs labels
Glad to assist. And thank you for letting us all know your results. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Maurice Howe wrote: > That worked like a charm, Alan. Thanks so much for your help. > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Alan B wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe > > wrote: > > > > > I need help printing mailing labels for a newsletter. My data is a > > ".doc" > > > file comprised of a TABLE with names, addresses, etc. > > > > > > Using writer/tools/mail-merge, I get as far as use-current-doc/letter > but > > > the "insert address block" fields are grayed-out. The > > select-address-list > > > tab shows my filename but I can't get past that. > > > > > > > Hello Maurice - I've tried a few experiments to perform mail merge. I > have > > not been able to find a way to have the source of the data be in a .doc > > file (or a .odt file for that matter). > > > > The instructions I found provide reference to using a text file or a > > spreadsheet as the data source. > > > > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Creating_Mail_Merge_Documents_From_Text/CSV_or_Spreadsheets > > > > My suggestion would be copy the address table from the Word document > into a > > spreadsheet. (I tested copy from Word table into Calc spreadsheet and > that > > preserved the column and row layout.) Then use the spreadsheet as the > data > > source. > > > > This method worked in my tests. > > > -- Alan Boba CISSP, CCENT, ITIL v3 Foundations 2011
Re: Pringing adrs labels
That worked like a charm, Alan. Thanks so much for your help. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Alan B wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe > wrote: > > > I need help printing mailing labels for a newsletter. My data is a > ".doc" > > file comprised of a TABLE with names, addresses, etc. > > > > Using writer/tools/mail-merge, I get as far as use-current-doc/letter but > > the "insert address block" fields are grayed-out. The > select-address-list > > tab shows my filename but I can't get past that. > > > > Hello Maurice - I've tried a few experiments to perform mail merge. I have > not been able to find a way to have the source of the data be in a .doc > file (or a .odt file for that matter). > > The instructions I found provide reference to using a text file or a > spreadsheet as the data source. > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Creating_Mail_Merge_Documents_From_Text/CSV_or_Spreadsheets > > My suggestion would be copy the address table from the Word document into a > spreadsheet. (I tested copy from Word table into Calc spreadsheet and that > preserved the column and row layout.) Then use the spreadsheet as the data > source. > > This method worked in my tests. >
Re: Pringing adrs labels
On Wed, 29 Apr 2015 09:50:01 -0400 Maurice Howe wrote: > Thanks, Alan. I'll give that a shot. I appreciate your time & advice. On the Forum this article is often recommended http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/mail_merge_openoffice_org > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Alan B wrote: > > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe > > wrote: > > > > > I need help printing mailing labels for a newsletter. My data is a > > ".doc" > > > file comprised of a TABLE with names, addresses, etc. > > > > > > Using writer/tools/mail-merge, I get as far as use-current-doc/letter but > > > the "insert address block" fields are grayed-out. The > > select-address-list > > > tab shows my filename but I can't get past that. > > > > > > > Hello Maurice - I've tried a few experiments to perform mail merge. I have > > not been able to find a way to have the source of the data be in a .doc > > file (or a .odt file for that matter). > > > > The instructions I found provide reference to using a text file or a > > spreadsheet as the data source. > > > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Creating_Mail_Merge_Documents_From_Text/CSV_or_Spreadsheets > > > > My suggestion would be copy the address table from the Word document into a > > spreadsheet. (I tested copy from Word table into Calc spreadsheet and that > > preserved the column and row layout.) Then use the spreadsheet as the data > > source. > > > > This method worked in my tests. > > -- Rory O'Farrell - To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
Re: Pringing adrs labels
Thanks, Alan. I'll give that a shot. I appreciate your time & advice. On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Alan B wrote: > On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe > wrote: > > > I need help printing mailing labels for a newsletter. My data is a > ".doc" > > file comprised of a TABLE with names, addresses, etc. > > > > Using writer/tools/mail-merge, I get as far as use-current-doc/letter but > > the "insert address block" fields are grayed-out. The > select-address-list > > tab shows my filename but I can't get past that. > > > > Hello Maurice - I've tried a few experiments to perform mail merge. I have > not been able to find a way to have the source of the data be in a .doc > file (or a .odt file for that matter). > > The instructions I found provide reference to using a text file or a > spreadsheet as the data source. > > https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Creating_Mail_Merge_Documents_From_Text/CSV_or_Spreadsheets > > My suggestion would be copy the address table from the Word document into a > spreadsheet. (I tested copy from Word table into Calc spreadsheet and that > preserved the column and row layout.) Then use the spreadsheet as the data > source. > > This method worked in my tests. >
Re: Pringing adrs labels
On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe wrote: > I need help printing mailing labels for a newsletter. My data is a ".doc" > file comprised of a TABLE with names, addresses, etc. > > Using writer/tools/mail-merge, I get as far as use-current-doc/letter but > the "insert address block" fields are grayed-out. The select-address-list > tab shows my filename but I can't get past that. > Hello Maurice - I've tried a few experiments to perform mail merge. I have not been able to find a way to have the source of the data be in a .doc file (or a .odt file for that matter). The instructions I found provide reference to using a text file or a spreadsheet as the data source. https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/How_Tos/Creating_Mail_Merge_Documents_From_Text/CSV_or_Spreadsheets My suggestion would be copy the address table from the Word document into a spreadsheet. (I tested copy from Word table into Calc spreadsheet and that preserved the column and row layout.) Then use the spreadsheet as the data source. This method worked in my tests.
