Picture mail-merge
Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
Thu Apr 17 12:38:17 CDT 2003
Jason Clinton wrote:
> Charles Steinkuehler wrote:
>> I need to do a "mail-merge" type process that includes pictures and text
>> (nametags for the annual neighborhood progressive dinner).
>>
>
> If anything can do it, it will be Open Office. I openned up version
> 1.0.3 and inserted some graphics in the some spreadsheets and tried to
> merge but it crashed.
>
> I've read that 1.1beta is much more stable. I would grab that one. The
> reason I think it will be able to do it is this: the OO.o file format is
> native XML. The images are stored in cells and in writter documents via
> an XML equivalent of HTML <IMG> tag. Theoretically, the XML:IMG tag
> would be imported during the mail merge.
>
> Thus the power of markup is harnessed.
Hmm...I've been looking at Open Office (1.0.1, as shipped with RH 8.0),
but I was looking at the word processor, not the spreadsheet.
I hadn't thought about trying to import an XML tag as part of the mail
merge, but that sounds like the most likely solution so-far (at least
without resorting to a windows based solution).
I'll let everyone know if I figure out a way to (easily) do this on linux.
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Charles Steinkuehler
charles at steinkuehler.net
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