/text/swriter/01/01150000.xhp Mail Merge The Mail Merge dialog helps you in printing and saving form letters.

During printing, the database information replaces the corresponding database fields (placeholders). For more information about inserting database fields refer to the Database tab page under Insert - Field - More Fields.db browser explorer Select a database and table.db browser records Records Determines the number of records for printing the form letter. One letter will be printed for each record. All Processes all the records from the database. Selected records Processes only the marked records from the database. This option is only available when you have previously marked the necessary records in the database. From: Specify the number of the first record to be printed. To: Specify the number of the last record to be printed. Output Determines whether to send your form letters to a printer or save them to a file. Printer Prints the form letters. File Saves the form letters in files. Save as single document Create one big document containing all data records.save as individual documents Save as individual documents Create one document for every one data record. Generate file name from database Generate each file name from data contained in a database. Field Uses the content of the selected database field as the file name for the form letter. Path Specifies the path to store the form letters. ... Opens the Select Path dialog. File format Select the file format to store the resulting document.