Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Mail merge formatting

On 08/07/11 17:49, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
> Le 07/07/11 23:31, Cor Nouws a écrit :
>
> Hi Cor,
>
>
>   
> > Hmm, such a comment does not seem so helpful ;-)
> > But OK, I can understand some level of frustration. I work with mail
> > merge for years, and oh so often had to file bugs when a new (beta)
> > version of OpenOffice.org was made available.
> > Luckily, many problems were solved fine, and I am able to do most of my
> > work without problem. Obviously because I know how to find my way and
> > have the attitude to work with clean documents and data. But OK, it works.
> > ( Which does not mean that both in the OOo bugTracker and in that one of
> > LibreOffice, there can be found quite some issues and RFE for MailMerge. )
> >
> >     
> I'm afraid I have to agree with Lee here. Compared to previous sucessive
> versions of OpenOffice.org, mailmerge functionality has regressed, so
> much for preserving "past investment" as our mission statement likes to
> tout. A quick overview of the bugzilla lists a few of the most relevant
> mailmerge problems within LibreOffice. I keep a copy of OpenOffice.org
> 3.2.1 !!!! for that very reason - sad ain't it, but nonetheless a
> business necessity.
>
> I see that there is a bug issue floating around on bugzilla for all
> problems deemed to be required to be resolved in order for LibreOffice
> to be considered "enterprise ready" - I hope mailmerge is up there with
> the others (haven't looked yet to be honest).
>
> For a quick gander at mailmerge problems :
>
> https://bugs.freedesktop.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=libreoffice+mailmerge
>
>
> Alex
>
>
>   
I was using mail merge on 3.4.1 on mac and it was easy to set up to
merge with an .ods file. I could edit the mail after the merge and
change things around, encountered no problems except the known issue of
producing PDF's properly with a document containing EPSs.
steve

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