Steps to reproduce: 1. Open Writer 2. Open the Mail merge 3. Add a database in step 3 4. Go to step 4 and type in 'General salutation': Dear <Last Name> (In English) -> The preview is displayed correctly, however when finishing the wizard, the field is not added to the document... it doesn't happen with personal greetings... Reproduced in Version: 6.2.0.0.alpha0+ Build ID: 508f14b13614c9f5f9611589e7f744d1bc523ff3 CPU threads: 4; OS: Linux 4.13; UI render: default; VCL: gtk3; Locale: ca-ES (ca_ES.UTF-8); Calc: group threaded