Subject: Re: Mail-Merge
From: Martin Sevior (msevior@mccubbin.ph.unimelb.edu.au)
Date: Sat Nov 24 2001 - 20:36:20 CST
On Sat, 24 Nov 2001, David Chart wrote:
> --On 24/11/01 13:10 -0600 Steve Hardesty wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to mail merge database files(or any listing) in
> > Abiword?
>
> No. (At least, I don't think so, and I'm writing the documentation.)
>
> > If not, is there any intent on incorporating such a feature.
>
> I've not seen the developers talking about it. I suggest you check the
> AbiWord bugzilla, and if there is a request for mail merge, create yourself
> an account and vote for it. If not, file it as a request for enhancement.
>
> It won't be in 1.0 (the feature set is now basically fixed), but is the
> sort of thing that is likely to get incorporated later.
>
Actually this is the sort of thing that PERL scripting or a plugin would
be great for. This might make it into 1.0 as PERL script or a plugin.
Cheers
Martin
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