[Solved] Mail Merge into Draw Document

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ramses505
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[Solved] Mail Merge into Draw Document

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I have an exisiting ms Pub document that I have setup to mailmerge numbers from an external Excel sheet - can LibreOffice Draw do that as well - I mean can it mail merge info to a field in the Draw document ?

Thanks for any help.
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Reason: Q: Can Draw do that?   A: No
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Re: Mail Merge into Draw Document

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Mailmerge feature is only with Writer
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Re: Mail Merge into Draw Document

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OK, that confirms that. Thanks very much for taking the time to read and reply, its appreciated.
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Re: Mail Merge into Draw Document

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ramses505 wrote: Sun Mar 26, 2023 11:08 pm I have an exisiting ms Pub document that I have setup to mailmerge numbers from an external Excel sheet - can LibreOffice Draw do that as well - I mean can it mail merge info to a field in the Draw document ?

Thanks for any help.
Draw supports database forms with form controls. Contrary to mail merge fields which are elements of surrounding text, form controls are boxes with fixed widths. In order to generate one Draw document per record, you would need a farly simple macro (print/save -> next record -> print/save, ...)
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