Wkipedia english does not mention libre/openoffice in "Mail merge" at all, the german Version at least openoffice for "Serienbrief". Could someone more apt than I make an addendum?
Have a good tiem with LO Walther Am Sonntag, 15. August 2021 schrieb Michael H: > (unrelated to your last comment.) > > I looked in the latest Writer manual, and there is no "updating the source" > instruction for mail merge chapter. Considering "open Base first" is not > exactly intuitive for making changes in Calc and seeing them in Writer... > it possibly might be very helpful to somehow capture this in the next > version of the Writer manual. > > (Related to your last comments) > > When changes in Calc directly didn't show up in the data table view in > Writer, I had tried 'refreshing' in Base many times before this email, and > expected the table view to show my new #1 item either at the top or bottom > of the base table. Following the steps I listed, "Rebuild" shows the new > column and the new data in Base, and that data also now shows in the Writer > data preview table. > > I was noticing that when I edited the calc file, it seemed to break the > link in Writer and suddenly preview didn't work. It took > exiting LibreOffice completely then restarting writer before the data table > links again, but it always matched the table view in Base, not my new data > in Calc. I associated this (unproven) with Linux swap management or > something similar, but I've really got no understanding why my system > (ubuntu based) has a latency between updates in calc and views in Writer > merge data preview, only that saving and quitting the program completely > seems to eliminate the lack of cross-updates. > > > > > On Sun, Aug 15, 2021 at 12:44 PM Robert Großkopf <rob...@familiegrosskopf.de> > wrote: > > > Hi Michael, > > > > > > But for anyone else following, here's the slightly amended suggestion: > > > 1. Open the Base file used by the Writer merge file > > > 2. (With Base still open, but not as an action from within Base, just > > using > > > a file manager) Open the source Calc file, Make your edits and save. > > > > You don't need to save them at this moment. > > Rows, which appear in the table of Base, will be changed by "Refresh" in > > the table (Data → Refresh). > > New Rows won't appear directly in the table. Close the table and go to > > View → Refresh Tables. Now new Rows will be shown. > > > > > 3. With Base still open, open the table related to the merge, and on the > > > toolbar select "rebuild". > > > 4. Save the Base file. > > > > Also you don't need to save the Base file. Nothing has been changed. > > Base file will only connect from Calc to Writer. Or did there appear the > > littel star in the Save symbol? > > > > > 4A. Close all LibreOffice files. (**) > > > 5. Open the Writer merge file, and your changes should be present. > > > > > > (**) --- I use a Linux OS ... I've found that this close all office files > > > step is required in Linux, but not always in Windows. Or more > > specifically, > > > I find that when I follow youtube videos about LibreOffice made from > > > Windows, including 'close all Libreoffice' as a step after making updates > > > elsewhere seems to make stuff work that just doesn't work for me like it > > > does in the video. > > > > I'm using Linux (OpenSUSE 15.2) also. I haven't closed any file for > > this. You only have t press "Refresh" for the table of the database in > > the database browser of Writer. > > > > Regards > > > > Robert > > -- > > Homepage: https://www.familiegrosskopf.de/robert > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ > > Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy > > > > Diese Nachricht wurde mit Freier Software gesendet: http://fsfe.org PGP Schlüsselkennung 09A9C5C0195A8998 Ich bevorzuge reine Textnachrichten, html bedeutet erhöhten Traffic und Energieverbrauch, vermehrten Speicherbedarf lokal und hat Sicherheitsrisiken. -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+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/users/ Privacy Policy: https://www.documentfoundation.org/privacy
