[Solved] Double words printed using Mail Merge

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[Solved] Double words printed using Mail Merge

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Hi Everyone,

I use OpenOffice to print labels and envelopes.
It worked normally until recently.
Each words now are printed/viewed twice.
So if I want to print JOHN SMITH on my envelope from my excel/database, I have now JOHNJOHN SMITHSMITH

Anyone knows why? What I do wrong?
Thanks
Last edited by MrProgrammer on Mon Apr 04, 2022 6:18 pm, edited 2 times in total.
Reason: Tagged ✓ [Solved] -- MrProgrammer, forum moderator; Recent Microsnot changes to XLSX seem to be incompatible with OpenOffice
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Re: Double words printed using Mail Merge

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To confirm: you are definitely getting JOHNJOHN SMITHSMITH, not JOHN SMITH JOHN SMITH?
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Re: Double words printed using Mail Merge

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Correct. JohnJohn SmithSmith, not John Smith John Smith, I confirm.
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I can't help any further; I asked because JOHN SMITH JOHN SMITH would probably be a duplicate field; I don't have any mailmerge experience, so I suggest you wait for more informed help.
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RoryOF wrote:I can't help any further; I asked because JOHN SMITH JOHN SMITH would probably be a duplicate field; I don't have any mailmerge experience, so I suggest you wait for more informed help.
Thank you.
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Re: Double words printed using Mail Merge

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Hi, and welcome to the forum.
Codythebest wrote:So if I want to print JOHN SMITH on my envelope from my excel/database, I have now JOHNJOHN SMITHSMITH
I presume you are using the Mail Merge feature. This requires a template (your envelope layout) and a data source which is connected through Base. If you are using an XLSX spreadsheet as your data source in Base, you may have the problem reported below. It appears that recent Microsnot changes to the XLSX format are incompatible with OpenOffice. If you need to work with XLSX format, use Excel. OpenOffice is not a clone of Excel.
Duplication of content within cells

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