OpenOffice - Mailmerge and blanc pages

When performing a mailmerge sometimes a blanc page gets inserted.

When searching for this problem on the internet you will surely find this solution which suggests to set the insert blanc page when printing to off.

That solution is a workaround which has to be set in a document. It controls the fact that if a previous section ends on an odd page and the next section starts on an odd page, when printing an even page gets inserted, which is used when printing in duplex/double sided. In a mail merge this section end by default generates the 'even' page and by this the blanc page ...

The problem basically comes from the fact that while doing a print mailmerge to a new single document every instance of a record will be printed to a new section which starts on the odd page. You will notice this in the line starting each printed instance which is in fact a section break.

So you should be able to control the behaviour of the 'section printing' in the document.

This link shows the wiki page on sections in OpenOffice.

TBC

Move to OpenOffice from MS-OfficeInproductivity Suite

Ever wondered if macro's in OpenOffice are the same as they are in MS-Office?
Well ... they are definitively not.

While discussing the Famous takeover of Sun by Oracle, we got this magnificent product OpenOffice on top of it. So, having all these macro's in our inproductivity Suite we are a little bit stuck with MicroS.


A dear colleague - Marc - has already found some answer and solution to the question : http://www.business-spreadsheets.com/vba2oo.asp.

I have not tested it yet, but knowing Marc I believe him on his words - even those not honorable - that this is the way to go.

Thanks Marc!!