Bug 86668

Summary:	MAILMERGE: Export a form letter with address database fields to PDF
Product:	LibreOffice	Reporter:	Timur <gtimur>
Component:	Printing and PDF export	Assignee:	Not Assigned <libreoffice-bugs>
Status:	NEW ---	QA Contact:
Severity:	enhancement
Priority:	medium	CC:	iplaw67, todventtu
Version:	Inherited From OOo
Hardware:	Other
OS:	All
See Also:	https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=86672
Whiteboard:
i915 platform:		i915 features:

Description Timur 2014-11-24 19:32:21 UTC

When we print a Writer document with database fields, it asks: "Your document contains address database fields. Do you want to print a form letter?"
But, when we export PDF, it doesn't ask anything and prints a simple PDF without address database fields, just with <name> tags.
Export PDF of a document with database fields should also invoke the question: "Your document contains address database fields. Do you want to export a form letter?"

Comment 1 Timur 2014-11-26 09:15:37 UTC

Steps to reproduce: 
1. Open new Writer document
2. Turn on View-Data Sources
3. From built-in Bibliography data source with 20 records, add Author field to the document on the 1st page
- OR use attached https://bugs.freedesktop.org/attachment.cgi?id=110046 - 
4. Choose File-Export as PDF to export document with database fields (20 copies) 
5. You will not get a dialog "Do you want to print a form letter?" so it will export just one copy with <Author> instead of 20 copies with author names from address database fields.

Comment 2 Timur 2014-12-12 11:01:57 UTC

There is a workaround: to print to file and then choose PDF.
But, it's not so obvious so the bug should be resolved.

Comment 3 Beluga 2014-12-16 14:00:21 UTC

Sounds reasonable -> NEW.

Comment 4 Alex Thurgood 2015-01-03 17:39:12 UTC

Adding self to CC if not already on

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