Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 85024
field editor doesn't allow spaces in fields
Last modified: 2014-04-06 12:38:32 UTC
field editor: when I want to create a custom form letter for mail merge, the field editor doesn't allow spaces in field names. the fields created by Mail Merge's address list creator has spaces in the field names("Title", "First Name", "Last Name", "Company Name", "Address Line 1", "Address Line 2", "City", "State", "ZIP", "Country", "Telephone private", "Telephone business", "E-mail Address", "Gender")!
Reassigned to ES.
Please add a step by step description of what you do, get and expect. What do you call the "Field Editor"?
Insert|fields|other beings up the field editor. Tools|mail merge. new document. click address list button. click create. add 2 records. click OK. call it bogus data.csv click OK. you can go no further in mail merge, so click Cancel. I expect you should be able to go farther so we can put in fields. run notepad on bogus data.csv and note the field names. also note that a valid CSV file is supposed to have returns at the end of the lines/records. this does not. note that the field names have spaces in them. the field editor does not allow spaces, so it would be impossible to make a form letter. switch to the blank new document that mail merge created. do an insert|field|other to bring up the field editor. try to create a user field called First Name. I expect it to allow a space, but it does not.
Shorter description: - New document - Insert Fields - Others - Variables - User Fields -> the User field name cannot contain a blank. Reassigned
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Confirmed with AOO410m15(Build:9761) - Rev. 1583666 2014-04-01 13:50 - Linux x86_64 Debian