-------- Original Message -------- From: Maurice Howe Date: Wed, 29 Jul 2015 17:37:31 -0400
> I've asked this before but a virus forced a re-"whatever" and I've lost the > previous advice, so I have to ask again: How do print mailing labels for a > newsletter using a WRITER file? > > All I could find is for a DB file; not a WRITER file. > > Maurice Howe Hi Maurice, Is this what you are looking for: > That worked like a charm, Alan. Thanks so much for your help. > > On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Alan B <abo...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Tue, Apr 28, 2015 at 5:01 PM, Maurice Howe <mauriceh...@gmail.com> >> 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. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
