Writer Guide

Chapter 11
Using Mail Merge.................................................................................................... 301
What is mail merge?..............................................................................................302
Creating the data source....................................................................................... 302
Registering a data source......................................................................................303
Creating a form letter............................................................................................305
Printing mailing labels........................................................................................... 310
Printing envelopes................................................................................................. 314
Using the Mail Merge Wizard to create a form letter...........................................318
Chapter 12
Tables of Contents, Indexes, and Bibliographies.....................................................330
Introduction........................................................................................................... 331
Tables of contents..................................................................................................331
Alphabetic indexes................................................................................................. 341
Other types of indexes...........................................................................................349
Bibliographies........................................................................................................ 351
Tools for working with bibliographies...................................................................361
Chapter 13
Working with Master Documents.............................................................................362
Why use a master document?................................................................................363
Styles in master documents and subdocuments....................................................363
Creating a master document: scenarios................................................................364
Splitting a document into master and subdocuments...........................................364
Combining several documents into a master document........................................365
Starting with no existing documents.....................................................................366
Restarting page numbering...................................................................................371
Editing a master document....................................................................................373
Cross-referencing between subdocuments............................................................374
Using the Navigator...............................................................................................378
Creating one file from a master document and its subdocuments........................379
Problem solving..................................................................................................... 381
Chapter 14
Working with Fields................................................................................................ 383
Introduction to fields............................................................................................. 384
Quick and easy field entry.....................................................................................384
Using document properties to hold metadata and information that changes.......384
Using other fields to hold information that changes.............................................386
Using AutoText to insert often-used fields.............................................................388
Defining your own numbering sequences..............................................................388
Using automatic cross-references.........................................................................390
Using fields in headers and footers.......................................................................394
Using fields instead of outline numbering for appendix numbering.....................396
Tricks for working with fields................................................................................397
Developing conditional content.............................................................................397
Using placeholder fields........................................................................................ 404
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