Since the libroffice version with Mailmerge splitted in 2 parts, it's no more possible to edit an individual merged document before to save print or email you can choose several operations "edit document", "save merged document", "print merged document", or "email " if you edit individual document, you can save it, but you can't use the modified documents when you run email print or save merged documents , mail-merge function, creates new merged documents , without taking in account modifications you have done with "edit individual document" function regards
On which LO version are you? FYI, last stable one is 5.3.6
Sorry for the delay to answer I have tested with 5.3.6 version and newer version 5.4 regards
are there any news about this problem ? Regards
When reporting a bug, you are obliged to write exact experienced and expected steps. By writing expected steps you also control yourself. What you described/experience is true, but your expectations are not possible. If you edit individual document, you can save it but it's unrelated to mail merge. It's not possible to re-use it again in mailmerge logic, but you can print or save it. If you need changes to all letters/mails, you can make them in the basic document. If you don't agree, or it's not what you asked for, please be specific and explain exactly steps you expect and use case you have. Note: I'm not a developer, but it doesn't make sense to ask them this at all, because mail merge doesn't work like that.
Created attachment 138597 [details] merged document
Comment on attachment 138597 [details] merged document before 5.3 version, it was possible to modify an individual merged document before to send it by mail, (in the attached document, the second one has been modified) since 5.3 version, when you ask to send by mail, it run the creation of merged documents and automatically send results by mail, so it's no more possible to modify
Thank for for a follow up but it's still not clear what you do and and what you don't have.
Timur in previous versions, with mailmerge, after the records was created, you could modify one or several records and send modified and not modified by mail in current version, it's no more possible when you click on "send merge documents by mail", it will generate new merge documents just before to send them Regards
Please don't change status. "Reopened" is when there was fix which doesn't work. This one wasn't confirmed at all. At most it could go to "Unconfirmed". But even that could come only if you write expected steps I asked few times. Up to 5.2. we had commands: Save starting document Save merged document Print merged document Send merged document From 5.3. we have different logic, no more 8 steps but 5, and commands are in toolbar. We still have "Save merged", "Print merged", "Send (merged) e-mail". We only don't have "Save starting document" which doesn't make sense, because you can save the document via Save as. Point of mail merge is to send merged doc. What you request to send not modified doesn't make sense to me. Even in 5.2 you had only "Send merged document" not "Send starting document".
Timur sorry, but for me it's not closed, it seems that I have difficulties to explain my problem you say Point of mail merge is to send merged doc. : I agree with you you say What you request to send not modified doesn't make sense to me Not at all, my request is to have the possibility to manually add comments (e.g. special salutation)to one or several generated records before to send all the records by mail It was possible before version 5.3, with the step : change individual record, it's no more possible now you can change an individual generated record, but only save the manually changed merged doc, not send the result by mail Regards,
You are persistent in replying and in not writing steps. I guess it's like this: 1. Use Mail Merge Wizard (or just Mail Merge toolbar from LO 5.3) 2. In step 2. "document type" select E-mail (optional) 3. After 5-step wizard is finished (or field is inserted from Mail Merge toolbar), press "Edit Individual Documents" on Mail Merge toolbar to personalize messages Actual: new document is open so not obvious how to send e-mail messages Expected: "return to Mail Merge" like up to LO 5.1 Solution: when new document is open with "Edit Individual Documents" it still has Mail Merge toolbar to proceed with "Send (merged) e-mail". In 5.2. and on, there should be no need to "return to Mail Merge" because you can use Mail Merge toolbar. So, when new document is open and personalization done, you need to turn on View-Mail Merge toolbar and then use "Send (merged) e-mail". If it works, problem is just showing Mail Merge toolbar.
Timur you are right , I didn't describe step by step problem is when you have the "mail merge" tool bar available I have tried your solution , "Edit individual document" in the new open document , I made modifications, then "view Merge Mail tool bar " and click on "send by mail" BUT this is not the solution because it send n time the same message to the n mail adresses and not each page to each mail adress
I'll put to New based on previous comment. I didn't test myself due to lack of available mail server. So I kindly ask others to test.
there is the same problem for save Merged documents (if you want to have individual files) or Print Merged Documents it seems that it's an architecture problem, When the "mail merge" toolbar becomes available, merged documents are not yet created, they are created when you clik on one of the boutons of mail merge toolbar without possible manual modifications regards
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 98986 ***