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mibtp
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Why no mail merge???

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If I knew this s-ware didn't have a basic mail merge, I would never of bought it. It's a basic feature every other word processing s-ware has. Why hasen't this been added? I bought this for my small business and an extremely disappointed.

Patrice

PS Just bought the s-ware a few months ago.
gemboy27
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like you gots a horseshoe in your back pocket

Post by gemboy27 »

there are mail merge scripts at this site here:

http://www.bekkoame.ne.jp/~n-iyanag/nis ... index.html

you never thought you could be so lucky right

now will you work on world peace

Gem

<img src="http://librarymonkey27.wordpress.com/fi ... rldsm1.jpg" border="0" height="69" alt="worldsm.jpg" align="left" />
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan »

Hey, thanks for that link, gemboy! That's nice to have.


I wish I had played with the demo more before I bought Express, so I would have known the World Peace feature isn't finished yet. Sigh.
gemboy27
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peace

Post by gemboy27 »

Doode,

You can be part of the solution, or
you can sit on the sidelines (dreaming of NW Classic) and be part of the problem




Image


ps
I think there is more out there --- google ----> "Nisus Macro"
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Post by Ryan »

I'm not sure a World Peace macro will integrate nicely or provide all the features of built-in World Peace.
gemboy27
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excellent

Post by gemboy27 »

Good point, because even if you only use World Peace once a year to mail out holiday cards, you wan't it to be there all the time waiting for you.


<img src="http://librarymonkey27.wordpress.com/fi ... 1peace.jpg" border="0" width="69" alt="1peace.jpg" align="left" />what is peace, but a zero with an upside down 'Y'
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Ryan
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Post by Ryan »

I tried Cmd-W (for "World"), but that just bombed my document. D'oh!

Then I tried Cmd-P (for "Peace") and my printer tried to chip in, but senseless wars raged on.

I figured it might be more obscure (world peace isn't always simple). So I tried Cmd-Opt-W, and right before my eyes NWE started blowing up all my documents, leaving only dissipating clouds of smoke! (try it, really)

There's a lot of work to be done, but I'm hopeful the kinks can be smoothed over and World Peace will be a feature in an upcoming version.
gemboy27
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more

Post by gemboy27 »

here some more macros....


Gordon Worley Publications
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