I am using LO 6.4.4.2 (x64) on Windows 10.
I am trying to do a mail merge with the following requirements, and didn’t succeed so far.
- requirement 1: apply a filter to the data source.
- requirement 2: mail merge output the filtered records as individual documents.
- requirement 3: generate the file names from database.
- requirement 4: hide paragraphs if the data field is empty.
I know 2 ways to output mail merge :
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clicking on the “general” print icon (or pressing Ctrl P) : I answer “yes” to the pop up “Your document contains address database fields. Do you want to print a form letter?”. Doing so, I can apply a filter, output to file, save as individual documents, generate the file names form the database (satisfying requirements 1, 2 and 3), but the paragraphs are not hidden if a data field is empty.
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clicking on the “save Merged Documents” icon on the mail merge toolbar : doing so, I can only satisfy requirements 2 and 4 : the filter set in the data Source (Ctrl+Maj+F4) is not applied (all records are outputted) and there is no option to generate file names from the database (requirement 3).
Question : is there a way in LibreOffice mail merge to satisfy all 4 requirements ?