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So it's a Calc sheet actually. I would simply use Calc to concatenate the
proper field contents and then use that calculated field for the mail merge.
Something like =TRIM($A2&" "&$B2&" "&$C2) with a column title in the firs
row copied down along the list.

A database query would be easier to handle because it automatically applies
to the whole record set:
Something like:
SELECT
LTRIM(CONCAT("Title",CONCAT(' ',CONCAT("ForeName",CONCAT(' ',"LastName")))))
AS "Full Name",
<other fields>
FROM "Sheet1"

This looks horrible because there is only a very limited set of functions
when you mis-use a spreadsheet for a database connection. But with the right
double-quoted names of sheets and columns it will generate a calculated
"Full Name" field on the fly.
Availlable SQL-functions with file based data sources
<http://www.openoffice.org/dba/specifications/file_based_functions.html>  

Doing this in the last element of the chain is difficult. The only resource
I know is
http://openoffice.blogs.com/openoffice/2007/05/suppressing_bla.html
describing a solution for a similar problem.



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