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On 6/25/2011 8:34 AM, lee wrote:
> Steven Shelton writes:
>> I do *some* of that on a regular basis in my law office, since I
>> send out a lot of letters that are virtually identical ("Dear
>> , This letter is to remind you that
>> your is sched
On 06/25/2011 08:24 AM, lee wrote:
Cor Nouws writes:
lee wrote (24-06-11 22:41)
Is there another way to make LO ask for the contents of the input fields
than opening the document?
Ctrl-Shft-F9 (from my memory).
Cool, that works :)
Is there a way to use the same input field several times o
Steven Shelton writes:
> I do *some* of that on a regular basis in my law office, since I send
> out a lot of letters that are virtually identical ("Dear
> , This letter is to remind you that your
> is scheduled to take place on at
> before Judge . . .").
>
> What I ended up doing is just p
Cor Nouws writes:
> lee wrote (24-06-11 22:41)
>
>> Is there another way to make LO ask for the contents of the input fields
>> than opening the document?
>
> Ctrl-Shft-F9 (from my memory).
Cool, that works :)
Is there a way to use the same input field several times or to refer to
an input fiel
Cor Nouws writes:
> lee wrote (24-06-11 20:36)
>
>> So mailmerge is unfortunately broken, at least when using an LO
>> spreadsheet as a data source. I haven't tried to use something else
>> yet.
>
> No, it works fine. At least in the way I use it ;-)
>
> File > New > Database. Use the .ods as sou
John B writes:
> Dear Lee
>
> Using my new found wealth of knowledge supplied be Tom - It looks
> like:>> "this is how to do it"
>
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
>
> goto chapter 15 - "using Forms in writer" and it explains how to do it
>
> you also have to turn on a tool ba
lee wrote (24-06-11 20:36)
So mailmerge is unfortunately broken, at least when using an LO
spreadsheet as a data source. I haven't tried to use something else
yet.
No, it works fine. At least in the way I use it ;-)
File > New > Database. Use the .ods as source.
Now you have a new Datasource.
PS
lee wrote (24-06-11 22:41)
When I click on such an input field, a dialogue box pops up allowing me
to enter what I want to put into the field. This is very much like just
deleting the text the input fields are replacing and entering the new
text.
Ctrl-Enter activates the OK button.
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lee wrote (24-06-11 22:41)
Is there another way to make LO ask for the contents of the input fields
than opening the document?
Ctrl-Shft-F9 (from my memory).
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planas writes:
> Hi Lee
>
> On Fri, 2011-06-24 at 16:18 +0200, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
>
>> Le 24/06/11 15:13, lee a écrit :
>>
>> Hi Lee,
>>
>>
>> > Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be
>> > presented with a form or the like that lets me fill in the variable
>> >
lee writes:
> I have a text document with mostly static data, and since it's kind of
> a letter, there are a few things that are variable data, like a
> company name, street, city, eventually a persons name and a
> salutation.
>
> Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be
>
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On 6/24/2011 9:13 AM, lee wrote:
> I have a text document with mostly static data, and since it's kind
> of a letter, there are a few things that are variable data, like a
> company name, street, city, eventually a persons name and a
> salutation.
>
John B wrote (24-06-11 17:48)
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
goto chapter 15 - "using Forms in writer" and it explains how to do it
Ah, missed this one - sorry :-)
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Hi John,
John B wrote (24-06-11 16:46)
In lotus wordpro - which is next to pure perfection - you have "click
here boxes", which you place strategically in the places you need to
type your data. They typically say ">click here to enter the date<" the
when you do, it jumps to the next box. All my
John B writes:
> Please accept my apologies for my last posting to you.
>
> It was on top and I see you really like bottom postings, I will try
> not to do it again
No problem, it just makes things a lot easier to read, thanks :)
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Frieder writes:
> lee mailto:lee%40yun.yagibdah.de>>
>
>>The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
>>have and don't want to create in this case.
>
[...]
> If you never worked with macros before it will take you quit a while
> (more then one day). It's much faster i
John B writes:
> Dear Lee
>
> Using my new found wealth of knowledge supplied be Tom - It looks
> like:>> "this is how to do it"
>
> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
>
> goto chapter 15 - "using Forms in writer" and it explains how to do it
>
> you also have to turn on a tool ba
On 24/06/2011 16:48, lee wrote:
John B writes:
On 24/06/2011 14:56, lee wrote:
John B writes:
The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
have and don't want to create in this case.
In lotus wordpro - which is next to pure perfection - you have "click
here bo
On 24/06/2011 16:48, lee wrote:
John B writes:
On 24/06/2011 14:56, lee wrote:
John B writes:
The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
have and don't want to create in this case.
In lotus wordpro - which is next to pure perfection - you have "click
here bo
John B writes:
> On 24/06/2011 14:56, lee wrote:
>> John B writes:
>>
>> The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
>> have and don't want to create in this case.
>>
>>
> In lotus wordpro - which is next to pure perfection - you have "click
> here boxes", which you p
Dear Lee
Using my new found wealth of knowledge supplied be Tom - It looks
like:>> "this is how to do it"
http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/documentation/
goto chapter 15 - "using Forms in writer" and it explains how to do it
you also have to turn on a tool bar for it (who knew)
View > to
lee mailto:lee%40yun.yagibdah.de>>
>The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
>have and don't want to create in this case.
You can do That with a User-form. But you need some subroutines witch
copy the contents from the Text-boxes, List-boxes and Combo-boxes from
On 24/06/2011 14:56, lee wrote:
John B writes:
Hi Lee
Its called "mailmerge" you will love it.
Tools> Mailmerge
Please don't top-post.
The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
have and don't want to create in this case.
In lotus wordpro - which is next t
John B writes:
> Hi Lee
>
> Its called "mailmerge" you will love it.
>
> Tools > Mailmerge
Please don't top-post.
The mailmerge tool requires an address list, which is something I don't
have and don't want to create in this case.
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Hi Lee
Its called "mailmerge" you will love it.
Tools > Mailmerge
regards
John
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On 24/06/2011 14:13, lee wrote:
Hi,
I have a text document with mostly static data, and since it's kind
Hi,
I have a text document with mostly static data, and since it's kind of a
letter, there are a few things that are variable data, like a company
name, street, city, eventually a persons name and a salutation.
Now I would like to make it so that I can press a button and be
presented with a form
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