Bug 72769

Summary:	MAILMERGE: Be able to mail merge to a new writer document directly without intermediary file
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	pete <pete_a90>
Component:	Writer	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEEDINFO ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	iplaw67, pierre-yves.samyn
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:
Attachments:	Screenshot describing what I'm talking about

Description pete 2013-12-16 23:35:27 UTC

Created attachment 90847 [details]
Screenshot describing what I'm talking about

When you print a Writer document with database fields, it asks:

"Your document contains address database fields. Do you want to print a form letter?"

When you click "Yes", a "Mail Merge" dialog box appears and asks if you want to output it to the "Printer" or to a new "File" on the disk.

I want neither. I want to display the output to a new Writer window without having to create a dummy intermediary file on disk.

Comment 1 pierre-yves samyn 2014-06-21 12:17:06 UTC

Hi

I confirm what you say: with File> Print it is not possible to generate the result of the merge without saving the document (or print).

However it is possible with Tools> Mail merge wizard> 7. Personnalize>
Edit individual.

Moreover, if you only want to view the result, it is perhaps not necessary to generate all the merge: Select a record in the data Sources Windows then click on the Data to fields button.

Does that answer your question?

Regards
Pierre-Yves

Comment 2 Alex Thurgood 2015-01-03 17:39:28 UTC

Adding self to CC if not already on

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