[Solved] Create a form in Writer to make a covering letter

[james528]

Does anyone know if it's possible to create a covering letter through the inputs of a Form in Writer? In other words, I want a simple way of creating a covering letter in Writer through the use of a Form where the user of the form can input the title of the letter recipient (Mr, Mrs, Sir, Madam, Sir or Madam, etc) the subject line, and the main text body of the letter. What would be the best way? Thanks.

[Villeroy]

https://wiki.openoffice.org/wiki/Docume ... put_fields
viewtopic.php?f=7&t=93596 (and links therein)

[james528]

Thanks very much for the fast reply Villeroy. These pages look really helpful and comprehensive. I will look into this in the next couple of hours but this looks really promising. Thanks very much for your time!

[MrProgrammer]

Hi, and welcome to the forum.

Does anyone know if it's possible to create a covering letter through the inputs of a Form in Writer

Another way to generate letters is using Mail Merge. In this case, the variable data can be entered into a Calc spreadsheet. You can generate one letter or dozens, depending on how many rows are in the spreadsheet. Read about Mail Merge in Help → Index or in User Guides (PDF) or searching for topics about it in the Calc Forum or Writer Forum.

Template --> Create multiple documents from database?
Merge spreadsheet data into Writer form

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[John_Ha]

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.

Forms are covered in Chapter 15. Mail Merge is fully covered in Chapter 11.

Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem

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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