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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] mail merge
From:       Robert Citek <rwcitek () alum ! calberkeley ! org>
Date:       2002-10-23 22:38:29
Message-ID: 3.0.5.32.20021023173829.00ed3998 () mail ! earthlink ! net
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Hello Solveig,

Just tried it the way you suggested, clicking twice on the 'Edit File'
icon, and it worked like a charm.  Thanks.  Is there a way to put this tip
in the original HOWTO?

BTW, the datasource was a MySQL database running on Win2K via mysql:ODBC.
I'm testing to see if OOo can act as a report writer.

Regards,
- Robert

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At 11:22 AM 10/23/2002 -0600, Solveig Haugland wrote:
>Wow, that was a humdinger. I've done this before, with 1.0.1 on Win2k, with
>absolutely no problems, except that back then (which was Windows ME, come
to think
>of it), I had to drag the fields into a document that hadn't been saved yet.
>
>Just tried to do it again now, and got the same Ghostbusters symbol you
did. Then
>after much random fiddling got it to work and had no idea what happened.
>
>But figured it out.
>
>To make the file accept the field you want to drag in:
>    - Make sure you've saved the document at least once.
>    - Click the Edit File icon on the function bar, at the top of the window.
>It'll become unrecessed and the file won't be editable.
>    - Click the Edit File icon again to make the file editable again.
>
>This is what worked for me, at least. Thanks for bringing this up--it's
going in
>the OpenOffice.org book.



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