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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    Re: [users] Mail Merge
From:       CP Hennessy <CP.Hennessy () iname ! com>
Date:       2002-12-12 0:28:36
Message-ID: 200212120028.36025.CP.Hennessy () iname ! com
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"Tools" -> "Data Sources..." 
  "New Data Source" 
	Tab "General"
	    "Database type" : "Text"
	    "Data source URL : browse to whereever your csv file is.
	Tab "Text"
	    File in various obvious flelds

And then in your Form file reference this datasource.

CPH

On Wednesday 11 December 2002 22:51, Tom Melvin wrote:
> Tom Melvin made comment on Tue Dec 10 16:41:07 2002 :
> > I can create a mail merge document pointing to a Data source  Ok but
> > when the data source 'changes' (it's a csv file) and I re-load the
> > letter the contents initially displayed do not change - they show the
> > 'old' data.
> >
> > Is there a way to get OpenOffice.org to 'refresh' the data without user
> > intervension?.
>
> If using a CSV file to pass info into OOo won't work is there a guide/FAQ
> somewhere that explains how to 'pass variables' into OOo. OOo is running
> under SuSE and accessing text files (can be any format) over an NFS
> share from SCO OpenServer.
>
> I need to 'grab' client/name and address details and automatically
> insert them into a letter/handout without users have to do much clicking.
>
> Tom


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