Any way to use a Calc sheet to populate pages?

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Jadan
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Any way to use a Calc sheet to populate pages?

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Hi all,

I am writing a directory of places, and all of the entry pages follow the same format. Destination neighborhood (this could be a dropdown list, as it is one of several entries; in the book each neighborhood is a chapter), destination name, address, phone number, hours, web address, notes. I revise and reprint this book for each trip. Is there a way to keep the entries in either a database or spreadsheet, and populate the pages using these records, similar to a form letter/mail merge? This would let me maintain the book much more efficiently than my current method.

Thank you so much for any help,
Jadan
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Re: Any way to use a Calc sheet to populate pages?

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Please, edit this topic's initial post and add "[Solved]" to the subject line if your problem has been solved.
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