On 30/9/14 at 12:29 PM, ngc32...@aol.com (ngc32062) wrote:
Can you please tell me if a mail merge can be done in open
office to do labels?
Yes, it can be done.
If so, how is it done?
There are step-by-step instructions in Open Office online Help
-copied and pasted below (AOO for Mac) for your convenience:
Designing Labels and Business Cards
You can design both labels and business cards through the Labels
dialogue box.
1. Choose File - New - Labels to open the Labels dialogue box.
2. On the Labels tab, under Format, define the label format.
OpenOffice Writer contains many formats of commercially
available sheets for labels, badges, and business cards. You can
also add other, user-defined formats.
3. On the Labels tab, under Inscription, you can choose what you
want written on the labels.
This often involves database fields, so that the labels can be
printed with varying content, when sending "Form Letters" for
example. It is also possible to have the same text printed on
every label.
Use the Database and Table list boxes to select the database and
table from which the data fields are obtained. Click on the
arrow button to transfer the selected data field into the
inscription area. Press Enter to insert a line break. You can
also enter spaces and any other fixed text.
On the Format tab you can define your own label formats, not
covered by the predefined formats. To do this, select "User"
from the Type list box. On the Options tab, you can specify
whether all labels or only certain ones are to be created.
4. On the Options tab page, ensure that the Synchronise contents
box is selected. If this is selected, a label only has to be
entered (on the top left label) and edited once.
5. As soon as you click on New Document, you will see a small
window with the Synchronise Labels button. Enter the first
label. When you click on the Synchronise Labels button, the
current individual label is copied to all the other labels on
the sheet.
6. Click on New Document to create a new document with the
settings you have entered.
Thank you,
ngc32...@aol.com
HTH,
marina
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