Skyhighnemo wrote:apart from the continued crashes of the latest version. More crashes in this version than all the other versions I have used put together.
AOO is very stable. If you are getting multiple crashes there is a problem on your PC.
Strange problems are sometimes fixed by resetting the profile - see
Resetting the user profile.
Your file is over complicated - you have 18 tables and 18 text frames and the paragraph returns are all over the place. It would take too long to correct your file - you need to start again. Go View > Non printing characters ..., to see what I mean.
There is nothing special or mysterious about a template file. It is a normal .odt file but instead of being named fred.odt, it is named fred.ott. The only difference is when AOO opens the file it reads the .ott and names the file
Untitled 1 which forces you to give it a new name when you save it.

- Press F5 to bring up the Navigator. Dock it to the left as shown. Click buttons to open/close Navigator.
First decide what you are making.
Are you making "
address labels" where you pull in addresses from a spreadsheet or database into the
Fields in the document? If so, read
Chapter 11 - Using Mail Merge thoroughly and follow the instructions there. Either use a built in label template or design your own. See attached label template with Fields for the addresses.
Are you making "
business cards" where each is identical? If so, you can use Mail Merge but that is overcomplicated. Instead, just create
one table and type your text in each cell as required. Now drag (not copy/paste) the image (which should be saved as a JPG) to each cell and set Wrap to In background.
If you want curved corners, add text frames over the top. Or you could do away with the table and just add 18 Text frames but read the caution in the tutorial about anchoring more than one item to a single anchor - use plenty of carriage returns as anchors.
See
[Tutorial] Some useful hints on using images for a discussion on how best to handle images in Writer.
Be sure to understand the Anchor and Wrap options.You could create a Page Background (Format > Page > Background > As..., set to Graphic) with 21 of your images - use the Image > Create tiled image ..., in Irfanview to create the file. See attached file.
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.
Press F1 to access the Help screen and search for your problem
The chapter headings in the manual are:
1 - Introducing W
riter
2 - Setting up W
riter
3 - Working with T
ext
4 - F
ormatting P
ages
5 - P
rinting, E
xporting, F
axing and E-M
ailing
6 - Introduction to S
tyles
7 - Working with S
tyles
8 - Working with G
raphics
9 - Working with T
ables
10 - Working with T
emplates
11 - Using M
ail M
erge
12 - T
ables of C
ontents, I
ndexes and B
ibliographies
13 - Working with M
aster D
ocuments
14 - Working with F
ields
15 - Using F
orms in W
riter
16 - Customizing W
riter – K
eyboard s
hortcuts.
When a pop-up window opens, click the Help button for extensive help on that function - it is often more comprehensive than the manual.
Showing that a problem has been solved helps others searching so, if your problem is now solved, please view your
first post in this thread and click the Edit button (top right in the post) and add [Solved] in front of the subject.