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List:       openoffice-users
Subject:    11th hour mail merge frustrations
From:       Eron Lloyd <elloyd () lancaster ! lib ! pa ! us>
Date:       2003-10-29 4:37:02
Message-ID: 200310282337.02033.elloyd () lancaster ! lib ! pa ! us
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Glad this day is over...

This evening I was trying to generate mailing labels using database tables. 
Everything was going OK until I tried to start using hidden text/paragraphs 
to beautify my labels. I still can't figure out how, for instance, to skip a 
records middle_name column if it is empty. Writer seems to generate it 
regardless if I use middle_name == "" or middle_name != "". Also, when I 
finally was able to at least generate all the files and combine them as one, 
I tried to export it as a PDF and the result skipped a hidden paragraph that 
correctly showed for several of the records while in Writer. Are there a 
bunch of issues with the Mail Merge? I see the potential and can feel the 
power, but just can't get it right for some reason. Perhaps we'll see a more 
intelligent & robust "Smart Tags" equivalent in OOo Q.

Night all,

Eron

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