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.
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
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"Tools > Mail merge wizard > 7. Personnalize > Edit individual" creates a read only view, not a new editable document.
@pete : which version of LibreOffice are you using ? You didn't specify one in the version field of the bug report. Also, there is new functionality either being developed or already in LibreOffice 5.0.0.5 (I haven't checked) which is supposed to avoid the creation of an intermediate ODB file, by embedding the data source (only text, e.g. CSV, etc, or Calc, from what I understand) directly into the Writer document. Try testing with a 5.0.0.5 version or a daily/nightly build and report back here.
Hi Pete, I guess when you test 5.1 that this issue is resolved? https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.1 http://vmiklos.hu/blog/mail-merge-embedding.html I set this issue to WorksForMe - fixed we only set when we have a specific commit that resolved it. Cor