I apologize...didn't mean to offend. I have never done this before and am completely unfamiliar with this forum of asking for help. I am not yet familiar with the proper etiquette, but will do my best to pick up on it and learn quickly. Is there a way I can go back and change the title of my request for help now? Thank you for taking the time to let me know how to best work within this community. Kimber
On Jan 25, 2008 11:01 AM, M Henri Day <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 2008/1/25, Dan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > On Friday 25 January 2008 09:02:15 Kimber Nohr wrote: > > > I really hope someone here can help me. I am 2 weeks behind in my > > billing > > > and that is pretty serious for our business. I am feeling rather > > > desperate...please help. > > > > > > I recently completely lost my MS Office Suite and downloaded OO as a > > most > > > excellent replacement. I have been doing well with opening all my > docs > > and > > > learning the system, but today I ran into a problem I can't figure out > > and > > > if I can't find a way past this I will have no choice but to replace > my > > MS > > > Office and as a new convert to OO, I SO do not want to do that! > > > > > > Problem: I cannot get the Mail Merge to work as it did in my MS > > word. I > > > created the Database, just as I had it in MS Access and that is > > fine. The > > > way I did it before was to open my standard invoice in Word...go to > Mail > > > Merge...create from current doc....choose Database for Addresses > > > (Access)...then a pop up would come up where I could click on the > > various > > > addresses I needed to send invoices to. From there it would populate > > the > > > invoices with the names/addresses I had chosen and then give me the > > option > > > to edit each individual invoice to put in correct amounts. > > > > > > In OO, I got as far as opening my invoice, choosing Mail Merge, > choosing > > > the Address Database...then it totally lost me. It is trying to > create > > an > > > invoice for every single person in my database, which is not okay. I > > > cannot find where or how I would choose the particular people to send > it > > > to. I did see the area where numbers are coming up and its giving me > a > > box > > > I can check saying exclude this recipient, but I have no way in the > > world > > > of knowing who each recipient is, and with a Database of about 300 > > people, > > > it would take me forever to choose each person I want to EXCLUDE, > > instead > > > of simply choosing those that I want to INCLUDE. Please, please, > > please, > > > tell me there is a way to accomplish my purposes and that I am just > > missing > > > it! I also tried to create my address book in the spreadsheet program > > and > > > get the info from there, but still to no avail. > > > > > > In addition to my monthly billing, I use Mail Merge to send out > several > > > additional mailings that I need to be able to pick and choose > > recipients, > > > as well as using Mail Merge to create my envelopes, and I am not > finding > > an > > > option for that on this program either. > > > > > > I will be so grateful for any help you can give me in this, and I am > > > seriously praying that the answer is there because I really had my > heart > > > set on never going back to the bondage of MS again....but I have to > have > > > these capablilites to do my job and run our business. > > > > > > Thank you so very much in advance for your help > > > > http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/ > > > > There is an entire chapter in the Writer Guide that explains how to do > > this. > > Look in the List of Writer Guide Chapters. You can load the Mail Merge > > chapter separately. If you think you need to entire Writer Guide, you > can > > download it instead. Entire Guides or individual chapters are available > > for > > downloading on this web page. > > > > Dan > > > At the risk of incurring a fair degree of wrath, I choose to go «meta» > here, > and take up the *form* of the OP's message. To my mind, Kimber Nohr does > an > excellent job of explaning the nature of the problem and the help required > (provided by Dan), but the title of her request - Help needed, > desperately!- is, to my mind, singularly unhelpful. A change to > something unimaginative, > but informative like «Mail Merge problem» would perhaps be warranted > here.... > > Henri > -- Kimber Nohr Be Blessed. Be a Blessing. Crossroads Chiropractic and Wellness
