Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 41572
Unlinking (mail merge) fields
Last modified: 2013-02-07 22:40:21 UTC
I need to be able to unlink fields from data sources more easily than by using the cut and paste special method, particularly since this loses formatting and so can only be used a field at a time. E.g. by using Ctrl+Shift+F9 as in MS Word. I also need to be able to do this at once for a whole document or a section of it containing a number of fields.
This can be done by the Edit.Links dialog. This option will be enabled as long as you have asy linked sections, graphics, etc. in your document
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It does not work for me. The fields I am referring to are mail merge fields. The links dialogue is greyed out. What are "asy" linked sections?
Ah, that was the missing information. You are talking about mail merge fields. MRU->HI: pls evaluate.
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Any progress on this? It is an ongoing annoyance for me. Specifically, I have a table with fields that are filled using "data to fields". I need to be able to email this to people with the results in the table, not the fields.
This is something that I find very useful in Word and would really like to see in OOo Writer. As an editor I often work with documents that contain bibliographies created in something like Endnote, and I need to unlink all the fields to make them normal text. It is an issue not just for mailmerge fields but for all fields. I am attaching a simple document containing some fields to illustrate what is needed. I have voted for this issue. Like jwt, the Edit>Links menu item is greyed out on this document, so I haven't been able to see how it could be used for this.
Created attachment 57638 [details] Document containing fields and explaining what is needed
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I could definitely use such a feature as well.