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

Thanks, Tom.  I've been away for a while.  These links are handy, but on 
a quick look don't answer my questions.  But...I'll keep looking.

Carl



On 8/17/13 6:27 AM, Tom Davies wrote:
> 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 :)
>
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> > ________________________________
> > 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.
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> >
> > Carl Paulsen
> >
> > Dover, NH 03820
> >
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