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DO NOT REPLY [Bug 118946] New: printing serial letters

https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

             Bug #: 118946
        Issue Type: DEFECT
           Summary: printing serial letters
    Classification: Application
           Product: Word processor
           Version: version58
          Platform: PC
        OS/Version: Windows XP
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P3
         Component: printing
        AssignedTo: ooo-issues@incubator.apache.org
        ReportedBy: burkhard.kasten@gmx.net


Created attachment 77235
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a simple text

Database for serial letters is a file test.ods

create a new text file .odt
fill in the very first line a database field <Name>.
Print a serial letter.

You will have an empty page after each letter.

Dependant on complexity of the letter several different problems of printing
occur: Missing form feeds afer each letter, or missing parts of text in the
middle or at the and of the text. Even a complete colum of a two-colum-tables
was missing, the "new" table took the same size as the original table, that
means, the printed colum became wider.

I tested several letters, more and less complex. No one of them was printed
correctly. Until OpenOffice 3.1 all my serial letters worked without any
problems.

If desired I can email a set of more complex printouts and odt-files.

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[Issue 118946] hidden content or a section at the top of first page destroys layout of merged letters

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

mroe <mr...@gmx.net> changed:

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                 CC|                            |gewe@openoffice.org

--- Comment #5 from mroe <mr...@gmx.net> ---
*** Issue 102297 has been marked as a duplicate of this issue. ***

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[Issue 118946] printing serial letters

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

--- Comment #3 from Burkhard Kasten <bu...@gmx.net> ---
Created attachment 83915
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more complex serial letter

this demo is normally an ott file, containing several letter headers. in
General the database ist used to print only the Destination addresses. In rare
cases additional data are used.

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[Issue 118946] printing serial letters

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

--- Comment #2 from Burkhard Kasten <bu...@gmx.net> ---
The newest Version (4.1.1.) Shows the same defect as the older ones. The
attachment demo1 contains a more complex Serial letter, containing tables and
free text. the table ist toatally destroyed, form feed is missing, parts of the
free text are missing.

demo1.pdf has not been created by open Office, but by a virtual printer.

There ist no changement since Version 3.1.

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[Issue 118946] hidden content or a section at the top of first page destroys layout of merged letters

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

mroe <mr...@gmx.net> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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           Keywords|                            |regression
                 CC|                            |orw@apache.org
          Component|printing                    |formatting
             Latest|4.1.0-dev                   |4.2.0-dev
    Confirmation on|                            |
            Version|version58                   |OOo 3.3 or older
            Summary|printing serial letters     |hidden content or a section
                   |                            |at the top of first page
                   |                            |destroys layout of merged
                   |                            |letters
                 OS|Windows, all                |All

--- Comment #4 from mroe <mr...@gmx.net> ---
I can reproduce the problem with AOO 4.1.1 (no choice for it at "Latest
Confirmation on:") under Linux. Because the OP stated that it was OK until 3.1
it seems to be a REGRESSION.

The sample document includes many hidden sections but it seems no reason for
the bug. I made all sections visible an give each a separate background color.
The preview of mailmerge shows that the first section is destroyed without
having a background color.

To save the layout I tried to insert a paragraph before the first section. I
formatted the characters of the paragraph as hidden and created a new paragraph
style with it. Same result as before.


By the way: If I use the original document demo1.ods without any changes and
insert a paragraph break before the first letter (before name1) AOO crashes.

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[Bug 118946] printing serial letters

Posted by bu...@apache.org.
https://issues.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=118946

Edwin Sharp <el...@apache.org> changed:

           What    |Removed                     |Added
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             Status|UNCONFIRMED                 |CONFIRMED
                 CC|                            |elish@apache.org
             Latest|---                         |4.1-dev
    Confirmation on|                            |
     Ever confirmed|0                           |1
                 OS|Windows XP                  |Windows, all

--- Comment #1 from Edwin Sharp <el...@apache.org> ---
There is an empty page after each record.
Test1.ods has 5 records -> resulting letter has 9 pages instead of 5.
AOO410m14(Build:9760)  -  Rev. 1573601
2014-03-03 17:47:48 (Mo, 03 Mrz 2014)
Win 7

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