Mail Merge in Desktop Editors

[DNA]

hi, 1 more things that i think is missing on this onlyoffice.
do you guys doesn’t had mailings?

normally, 2-3 times each year i do this, now i do it for last year things since last 2 month moving to only office, but i cant found this things at all. the feature was to make id card… or something like “personal” letter for each individual,
if you want to see the feature, here some of the example https://youtu.be/UKi0cesH53A
in short we had 1 template for something, then decide textarea, or where the text will be typed automatically, and duplicate it. (the video for sure for advance use)

for simplistic use, normally we using it for something like name and new information like wage increase or something like that, so instead we type one by one for >100 people. we import the data from exel and then automate the process

so can somehow this things added on future? maybe it’s can make the bigger player switch to only office too (btw sorry for indonesian language, since it’s the most complicated things that i can remember of lol)

[Constantine]

Hello @DNA

The feature you are referring to is called Mail Merge.

Document Editor - Use Mail Merge

As of now, it is only available in online version of the editor. The suggestion to add it to Desktop Editors has been registered already, I am forwarding your query to devteam.

Once it becomes available in Desktop Editors, we will notify you.

[DNA]

is it also had something like on video (they making multiple card at one page and duplicate it as long as there’s query in database (list of people)? instead making one each page?

[Constantine]

“Next record” feature that allows such operation is discussed here:

Making Labels using mail merge - No ability to advance to next record on the same document

I was trying to make labels from data inside an excel document. Normally, with MS word, you go to “Mailings” → “Labels” then you can select from a list of rules, one being “next record” so you can have several records on a single page (hence a sheet of labels). But I learned that you can get SOOO close with Only Office, you can add merge fields, but it will only do one record at a time. You cannot have several records on the same page. So I can either have an entire sheet of labels with the sam…

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[linuxkangaroo]

Yes please implement this in Desktop Editors.

[Constantine]

Hello @linuxkangaroo

Thanks for the interest. Notification will be provided once suggestion is implemented.

[vosaxalo]

Hello @Constantine ,

I have tried the “Mail Merge” function in the online version, and it would be perfect to have it also in the desktop editor. Like others in this thread, I hope that this function will be soon available in the desktop editor: +1 for me.

[Constantine]

Hello @vosaxalo

Thank you for the interest. I have forwarded your query.

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