Re: [libreoffice-users] XML as mailmerge data source?

On 2012-03-31 21:49, Mark Stanton wrote:
> > and yes, Google claims to have found more than 65,000 results ;)
> Yes, as I said, I've been looking, and I found lots of "results", but
>
> > But bottom-line will be, convert the XML to CSV or Excel or .... ;)
> You seem to agree with me that, no, there isn't a way.
>
> Since XML is a wau of structuring data, just like a database is, then this
> seems to be a glaring omission, so glaring I couldn't believe it.
>
> Regards
> Mark Stanton
> One small step for mankind...
Hi.
I import XML into calc with an import filter, then it is possible to use 
it as a data source.
The import filter is not hard to configure but if there was a wizard for 
the import it would open XML import to a much wider audience.
Steve

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