[Hidden-tech] help populating mailing label template from spreadsheet(?) with names & addresses using OpenOffice

[andrew bellak]

Dear H-T,

Happy snow day to one and all!

This is for a personal project  that has business use as well.  The
missus suggested we create mailing labels for holiday cards this year
to save time in years to come . . .

Getting a 'Word' template from Avery Labels that has appropriate
tables for the size of the labels/sheets was no problem.

Finding the instructions for how to get the spreadsheet / database
fields to the correct location within the 'Word' table has proved not
so easy to find.

If someone could tell us step-by-step instructions and/or find a
guide, that would be appreciated.

CAVEAT - we're using OpenOffice NOT MS Word/Excel, however, we can
save files as MS Word XP and Excel XP.

One article I found says that using a database file instead of a calc
(excel) file works better in OpenOffice.
http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/articles/mail_merge_openoffice_org

My attempts with the Mail Merge Wizard did not work well so far.

Gracias!

Andrew
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