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I've have finished producing address labels from a mail merge with a spreadsheet. However the print preview shows what appears to be a random order of labels rather than starting with the first row as the first label (actually started at row 113?). I haven't found any discussions about sequencing the labels on the writer document.

On printing, labels (assuming 4 wide) sequence
...
17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24
...
according to the sequence of rows 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 selected in the spreadsheet.

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As a new poster you will find much useful information in the Writer FAQ, the Writer Tutorials, the up to date Writer guide and the Writer Manual. May I suggest you bookmark the pages. See Chapter 11 - Using Mail Merge

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The chapter headings in the manual are:

1 - Introducing Writer
2 - Setting up Writer
3 - Working with Text
4 - Formatting Pages
5 - Printing, Exporting, Faxing and E-Mailing
6 - Introduction to Styles
7 - Working with Styles
8 - Working with Graphics
9 - Working with Tables
10 - Working with Templates
11 - Using Mail Merge
12 - Tables of Contents, Indexes and Bibliographies
13 - Working with Master Documents
14 - Working with Fields
15 - Using Forms in Writer
16 - Customizing Writer – Keyboard shortcuts.

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