Mail Merge Documents with OpenOffice

Now that your source is set up, you can create as many different documents as you like within OpenOffice to utilise them.

Create a new document, or open an existing one you would like to adapt. Pull down the ``Insert'' menu and select ``Fields'', followed by ``Other''.

Select the ``Database'' tab and highlight ``Form Letter Field'' on the left. You should now see all your data sources on the right in tree form. Expand the one you would like to use, and simply double click on fields to embed the placeholders in your document (these placeholders will be replaced with real data when you run the merge).

TIP: While this screen is open, double-click ALL the fields you intend to use and then move them around in your document later. This is much easier than coming back to this screen repeatedly for each field.