Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 85199
mail merge address list/data source: spaces not allowed in filenames or table names
Last modified: 2013-01-29 21:52:09 UTC
the problem is, mail merge hates spaces. this is wrong. the database likes spaces. Windows and Mac filesystems like spaces in filenames. CSV likes spaces. mail merge should like spaces too. if you put spaces in the address list filename when you create it, and you select that list, you can press the OK button, but you will not be allowed to go beyond step 3 of the mail merge process.
Reassigned to HI.
@jmichae3: You created this issue to replace old report ISSUE 85198?
note the different titles. very different. some of these bugs are related, because they occurred in different parts or steps of mail merge.a short time ago, I started noticing one issue creeping into another's territory under the surface the more I learned. that is why some comments appear similar in both. to be honest, I think these two might now be combined now, though I still see some CSV format compatibility issues to be dealt with.
confirming the issue, however this only applies to not-yet registered databases. If the database is a fully setup database, the table names (& filenames) can contain spaces.
I didn't see anything in the manual about registering a database, or how.
*** Issue 91676 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***
HI->MSC: Does this problem occur also in your area?