Writer Guide

and the field value to F. The male salutation is then printed for all men
and the female salutation for all women.
Note
You do not need to tell OOo who is a male, because it assumes
that all non-female records are males.
If you do not select Insert Personalized Salutation, you can use a
more general salutation without referring to the recipient directly,
such as “To whom it may concern”.
As in step 3, step 4 of the wizard has a preview pane at the bottom. You
should check more than one record to ensure that other records look
the way you expect.
Step 5: Adjust layout
In step 5, you can adjust the position of the address block and
salutation on the page. You can place the address block anywhere on
the page. The salutation is always on the left, but you can move it up
and down the page. Use the buttons shown in Figure 316 to move the
elements.
Figure 316: Adjust layout
Step 6: Edit document and insert extra fields
In step 6 you have another opportunity to exclude particular recipients
from the mail merge.
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