Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge manual field entry

Hi :)
I am not certain how to do this but it 'should' be fairly easy.  it probably isn't but it should 
be.  

I am not sure if it makes a difference but do you happen to know  the name of the back-end used by 
Salesforce?  Is it MySql?

There are some tutorials on using Base which might (or might not) help 
http://www.spoken-tutorial.org/list_videos?view=1&foss=LibreOffice-Suite-Base&language=English
also a handbook
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook
and an FAQ
https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq/Base

Hopefully someone on this list can either help directly or pinpoint more specific links found 
through the above or from elsewhere.
Good luck and regards from
Tom :)  







> ________________________________
> From: Carl Paulsen <carlpaulsen@comcast.net>
> To: "users@global.libreoffice.org" <users@global.libreoffice.org> 
> Sent: Monday, 12 August 2013, 23:22
> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Mail merge manual field entry
>
>
> A related question, which may help me figure out what I need, is how 
> does one manually work through a mail merge?  I only see the wizard, but 
> what if I've already created a document and just want to change a few 
> fields?  I don't want to have to enter a wizard and work through the 
> entire thing just to edit that document.  That function might also allow 
> me to hand-enter field names for this merge document.
>
> Carl
>
>
> On 8/12/13 4:12 PM, Carl Paulsen wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I need to create a mail merge that will, I hope, be used with 
> > Salesforce for mail merge communications.  I need to create a document 
> > with manually entered merge fields where the source database has not 
> > (and probably can not - at least with my current skills) be registered 
> > with LibreOffice. Salesforce is a web-based database service that has 
> > strict limits on connections outside of web browsers.
> >
> > In short, what I'd like to do is create mailing labels, type in the 
> > merge fields as they need to be typed (to work with Salesforce), then 
> > save and upload the document.  I can't find any way to do this.  Is 
> > there a way?  Also, Salesforce provides some templates for the merges 
> > and I can see what I need to do, but the fields they provide in their 
> > templates are not relevant to what I need, and I can't replace their 
> > merge fields with the ones I do need.
> >
> > Thanks.
>
> -- 
>
> Carl Paulsen
>
> Dover, NH 03820
>
>
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