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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Mail Merge Wizard - Starting Document</title>
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<created date="2004-07-07T12:01:37">UFI: Mail Merge Wizard page 1</created>
<lastedited date="2005-02-16T11:25:05">DEDR: Reviewed</lastedited>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10543" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/01/mailmerge01.xhp">Mail Merge Wizard - Starting Document</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10553" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Specify the document that you want to use as a base for the mail merge document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10556" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Use the current document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1055A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Uses the current Writer document as the base for the mail merge document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1055D" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Create a new document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Creates a new Writer document to use for the mail merge.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10564" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Start from existing document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10568" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select an existing Writer document to use as the base for the mail merge document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1056B" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1056F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Locate the Writer document that you want too use, and then click <emph>Open</emph>.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10572" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Start from a template</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10576" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select the template that you want to create your mail merge document with.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10579" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">Browse</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1057D" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Opens the <emph>Templates and Documents</emph> dialog.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10584" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Start from a recently saved starting document</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10588" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Use an existing mail merge document as the base for a new mail merge document.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106F6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><ahelp hid=".">Select the document.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1058B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="text/swriter/01/mailmerge02.xhp" name="Mail Merge Wizard - Document type">Mail Merge Wizard - Document type</link></paragraph>
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