Re: [libreoffice-users] Merging Files

Yes, and I can use spread sheets with the same column headings. Libre Office did not just let me 
merge the template I used in MS Word using the same date sheet in either a .doc file or an .xls 
file. I was hoping there was a easy substitution without redifining the fields. I will experiment 
further in Libre Office.

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On Mar 5, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Steve Edmonds wrote:

> I have not merged files in MS since word 6 for DOS, so things may have changed since then. I take 
> it you have 2 .doc files, one is the label layout, is the other a comma separated list of the 
> information to put on the labels?.
> How many labels per page.
>
> I merge performance data (serial number, specifications, test data) from a spread sheet into a 
> writer document to print certificates using writer. I have different fonts, formatting and sizes 
> of print. Is this what you are hoping to do with your labels.
>
> steve
>
> On 2012-03-06 07:49, Dave Reese wrote:
> > I am doing a mail merge, although not a letter or an email. I have been doing the merger from 
> > another .doc file. The template uses multiple fonts with different spacing for each line. For 
> > the jukebox labels, the type has to fit into boxes to show the phonograph record's artist, and 
> > the name of the songs on each side of the record...
> >
> > Dave Reese
> > Allentown PA
> >
> >
> > On Mar 5, 2012, at 11:29 AM, Mark Stanton wrote:
> >
> > > You're presumably talking about mailmerging?
> > >
> > > What (type of file) are you merging into your doc file?
> > >
> > > Tentatively, you should just be able to change the fields in your doc
> > > file so that LO recognises them as mailmerge fields (I don't think
> > > it'll automatically  recognise them).
> > >
> > > This does depend on the details of how you're doing what you're doing
> > > though.
>
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