I'm trying to produce a mailshot and am just about there BUT at the final crucial stage, when the "Mailmerged"
file is created with all the actual letters in, there's a blank page inserted between each of the proper pages.
These blanks don't show up on the preview, but they're there on the page numbering and they "print" too.
I searched these forums and found reports of the same problem, albeit when printing envelopes.
Incidentally I've been creating the file using the "Form Letter" procedure rather than the Mailmerge Wizard
as the latter seemed to want to increase the addressee line-fields and I couldn't work out how to change that.
Also: does anyone know if OpenOffice has changed the way it works with Mailmerge?
I previously used MS Office for my mailshot, so when I bought a new PC and installed OpenOffice (8 months ago), I checked
to see what would happen with my old MS Office Mailmerge file and was pleased to see it looked like a seamless transition
- it just picked up everything.
However, now I come to use it for real I've had to recreate the Mailmerge fields etc: has something recently changed?
Any help gratefully accepted!
[Solved] Mailmerge creates blank sheets
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[Solved] Mailmerge creates blank sheets
Last edited by Hagar Delest on Mon Aug 06, 2018 7:21 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Reason: tagged [Solved].
Reason: tagged [Solved].
Open Office 4.1.4 on Windows 10 Home
Re: Mailmerge creates blank sheets
Under Tools-->Options--->Writer-->Print uncheck "Automatically Inserted blank pages".
Tom K.
Windows 10 Home version 1803 17134.165
LibreOffice 5.4.7.2
Windows 10 Home version 1803 17134.165
LibreOffice 5.4.7.2
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Re: Mailmerge creates blank sheets
Thanks Tom... I've just logged back on to say I'd just found that solution which is a definite help
BUT... why does AOO think those blank pages would ever be wanted?
AND... when printing, you still have to allow for them: for example, if I want to print actual typed letters 1-4, I have to tell it to print 1-7.
That might seem a minor inconvenience but as I'm about to print approx. 2,500 letters - and I tend to do them in batches of 50
so's the occasional paper / ink running out doesn't become disastrous - it's going to become unnecessarily complicated!
BUT... why does AOO think those blank pages would ever be wanted?
AND... when printing, you still have to allow for them: for example, if I want to print actual typed letters 1-4, I have to tell it to print 1-7.
That might seem a minor inconvenience but as I'm about to print approx. 2,500 letters - and I tend to do them in batches of 50
so's the occasional paper / ink running out doesn't become disastrous - it's going to become unnecessarily complicated!
Open Office 4.1.4 on Windows 10 Home
Re: Mailmerge creates blank sheets
Remember that every odd-numbered page is a right-hand page, and every even-numbered page is a left-hand page.
The classic problem is that a mailmerge process try to constantly repeating page 1.
So insert a blank left-hand page is to preserve the alternating left+right pages.
The classic problem is that a mailmerge process try to constantly repeating page 1.
So insert a blank left-hand page is to preserve the alternating left+right pages.
OpenOffice 4.1.12 - Windows 10
Re: [Solved] Mailmerge creates blank sheets
And for the future perform your test prints to a file. No wasted paper and you can review the file for accuracy before actually printing anything.
Tom K.
Windows 10 Home version 1803 17134.165
LibreOffice 5.4.7.2
Windows 10 Home version 1803 17134.165
LibreOffice 5.4.7.2
Re: [Solved] Mailmerge creates blank sheets
I've just met this problem printing my Christmas envelopes. It's worth noting that this isn't a permanent change unless you save the file you are printing from after making it. And then it only applies to that particular file as with other printer options.
AOO 4.1.14
on various machines running PCLinuxOS (KDE desktop). It all began with StarOffice 5.2 - I've still got the disk!
on various machines running PCLinuxOS (KDE desktop). It all began with StarOffice 5.2 - I've still got the disk!