[libreoffice-users] Re: Need Help Setting Up Mail Merge

If you have Filemaker Pro, you should have an ODBC driver and connect
directly to Filemaker Pro without any text file.

Mail merge from plain text extremely simple:

A The text file
Create a dedicated directory for the text file and for similar files to
come.
Open the text file in a text editor (notepad).

In the office suite:
File>New>Database...
[X] Connect to existing database
Type: <Text>
Specify the _directory_ where you put the file (and similar files to come)
and all the details to read your text file properly (column delimiter,
encoding, text delimiter, file name suffix)
[X] Register the database
Store the database.
Close the database
Forget the database. It only stores information about the format and the
location of your data in a directory of text files.

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All the above steps are configuration for all serial letters to come. Just
replace your text file or drop more text files in the same directory.
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In Writer hit F4
Browse your file (table) in the left pane and select it.
When your data appear in the right pane, grab the required column headers
and drop them into your document where you can arrange the resulting fields
like you wourl do with any other field for dates and page numbers.
When you print, confirm that you are going to print a serial letter. In the
dialog you can filter, sort and select records.

If you store your serial letter as a template, all you need to do next time
is writing the letter text and selecting the receipients.

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