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Open Office - creating mailing labels using mail merge and a database
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Andy S
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Feb 22, 2013

Having bought a new Windows 7 PC I find that trusty old MS Works, which I used for many years to create mailing labels, no longer fully functions under Windows 7.

However I have managed to save the old .wdb format database I want to use in .xls format, as well as an Open Office spreadsheet and database.



Now I go to Open Office Writer, click File>New>Labels and a dialogue box appears.

I select the database, but no database fields are showing... See more
Having bought a new Windows 7 PC I find that trusty old MS Works, which I used for many years to create mailing labels, no longer fully functions under Windows 7.

However I have managed to save the old .wdb format database I want to use in .xls format, as well as an Open Office spreadsheet and database.



Now I go to Open Office Writer, click File>New>Labels and a dialogue box appears.

I select the database, but no database fields are showing up to insert into the address window. Can anyone help, please? ▲ Collapse
 
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XP Mode in Windows 7? Feb 23, 2013

Andrew Stucken wrote:

Having bought a new Windows 7 PC I find that trusty old MS Works, which I used for many years to create mailing labels, no longer fully functions under Windows 7.


Maybe MS Works works in the XP Mode of Windows 7.
 
Andy S
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Home premium Feb 23, 2013

This would indeed be the simplest solution but I am running Home premium 64 bit which does not support the mode you mention.

[Edited at 2013-02-23 14:43 GMT]
 


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