Re: [libreoffice-users] using fields in a text document

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On 6/25/2011 8:34 AM, lee wrote:
> Steven Shelton <steven@sheltonlegal.net> writes:
> > I do *some* of that on a regular basis in my law office, since I
> > send out a lot of letters that are virtually identical ("Dear
> > <TITLE> <FIRSTNAME> <LASTNAME>, This letter is to remind you that
> > your <HEARING_TYPE> is scheduled to take place on <HEARING_DATE>
> > at <HEARING_TIME> before Judge <JUDGENAME> . . .").
> >
> > What I ended up doing is just putting a blank page at the
> > beginning of the document where I list all the variables, then I
> > just fill them in there.
>
> How exactly do you do that? I tried to find something about this in
> the documentation without success.


Someone pointed out elsewhere in this thread, but it's a big thread
and easy to miss. To insert the variables, just go to INSERT > FIELDS
> OTHER (or just hit CTRL-F2). Then click on the "Variables" tab,
highlight "User Field" in the left column, give your variable a name
(no spaces!), give it a value, and hit "Insert". After that, if you
want to insert the variable you can go through the same process
(except you can just click on the name of the variable from the
"Selection" list and hit "Insert") or you can copy/paste the variable
from elsewhere. Then, any time you double-click on the variable
anywhere in the document and change the value, it changes it
throughout the document.

It's a HUGE time-saver at my office!

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Steven Shelton
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