LibreOffice Writer adding page breaks when using Mail Merge

[nonono]

Hello,

I recently started using LibreOffice Writer and I have a template which I fill with data from ods file using Mail Merge function.
Before I print I always click Edit Individual Documents and then print.
And the problem is that for some weird reason it automatically adds page breaks.
It wouldn’t be problem to remove like 5 or 10 of them, but I am dealing with around 200 pages so I can’t remove them manually.

Here are the files:
test.odt (27.5 KB)
test_database.ods (38.6 KB)

Anyone knows why this is happening?
Thanks for help!

[Hrbrgr]

Please complete your description (edit initial question!).

You have a source document for the form letters, that has how many pages?
How many form letters are created in total?

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Probably your source document is not formatted correctly.
Please anonymize it and upload it here so someone can look at it and examine it. Thank you.

[nonono]

I edited the question as you pleased.

[PKG]

Stop printing blank pages.

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Printing labels (File → New → Labels) instead of using tables might also be helpful.
Etiketten.odt (31,8 KB)

[nonono]

Thanks, it worked. I also tried the Labels approach but it didn’t get rid of page breaks.

[PKG]

But at least there are no more labels missing at the transition

[nonono]

Well, while your’s document don’t lose any, I have created a new from scratch using File -> New -> Labels and it still misses one between. Am I missing something?

[PKG]

You may have inserted the next record field more than once (as happened in the example file test.odt).

[nonono]

Nope, in my file which I am working in there is only one Next Record at the end.
Idk, but I don’t have that Synchronize Labels which is present in your document.

[Hrbrgr]

Use the

Tab “Options” “Synchronise contents” check mark.

[nonono]

Okay, but how can I access this menu if I already created Labels?

[Hrbrgr]

The Synchronise Labels button is only visible in the document if you selected the “Synchronise Contents” option in the “Options” tab when ! creating the labels !.

[nonono]

Thanks, but Synchronize Labels changes some things a little bit.
First it adds some weird smaller boxes.

And second every box except the first one is read-only.

[Hrbrgr]

First it adds some weird smaller boxes.

This can actually only be the case if there is something in the first upper left label.
(The box looks like a section has been inserted. Menu Format>Sections, there you can delete it.)

And second every box except the first one is read-only.

That is the purpose of the synchronization. You just have to change in the first upper left label and then click the “Synchronize Labels” button.

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Sometimes it is better to read something beforehand and then try it out.

Address labels in Writer

[PKG]

@nonono

And second every box except the first one is read-only.

You can also unblock it.

[nonono]

Okay It finally worked, thanks you.