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Q: mail merge

How do I do a mail merge in Pages 5.0???? So frustrated!

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Posted on Oct 31, 2013 10:28 AM

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  • by CD MAN,

    CD MAN CD MAN Oct 31, 2013 10:56 AM in response to achiavetta21
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    Oct 31, 2013 10:56 AM in response to achiavetta21

    I just moved to Maverick OS update with the new Pages and Numbers.  What was pretty straight forward and fairly easy to locate and use is now 'hidden.'

  • by Inversionair,

    Inversionair Inversionair Oct 31, 2013 1:02 PM in response to achiavetta21
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    Oct 31, 2013 1:02 PM in response to achiavetta21

    There is no mail merge in Pages 5.0. They have removed it completely. Why? I wish I knew. You have to use the old pages for mail merge.

  • by khabir.taylor,

    khabir.taylor khabir.taylor Oct 31, 2013 3:33 PM in response to CD MAN
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:33 PM in response to CD MAN

    Can you describe where it is hidden?

  • by Peggy,

    Peggy Peggy Oct 31, 2013 3:36 PM in response to khabir.taylor
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:36 PM in response to khabir.taylor

    It is not hidden. It no longer exists. If you need mail merge you'll have to use Pages 4 or some other program that can do it.

     

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  • by CD MAN,

    CD MAN CD MAN Oct 31, 2013 3:41 PM in response to khabir.taylor
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:41 PM in response to khabir.taylor

    Sorry for the misleading comment.  What I meant to infer was that it was so hidden I couldn't find it.  In the meantime, two other folks have stated that it no longer exists in the 'new and improved' Pages.  Incredible!!! 

     

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  • by CD MAN,

    CD MAN CD MAN Oct 31, 2013 3:41 PM in response to Peggy
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:41 PM in response to Peggy

    Peggy, do you have any clue as to what justification there is for not including a merge capability with the new Pages?

  • by Inversionair,

    Inversionair Inversionair Oct 31, 2013 3:52 PM in response to CD MAN
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    Oct 31, 2013 3:52 PM in response to CD MAN

    Check out this thread for more information regarding mail merge and pages. I believe that mail merge was taken out to make the new Pages work seemlessly with iOS and online through the Pages beta version. What they intended to do with Pages 5.0, they did very well however it is sad that they took out a key component of the program.

     

    https://discussions.apple.com/thread/5468930?start=30&tstart=0

  • by Peggy,

    Peggy Peggy Oct 31, 2013 6:38 PM in response to CD MAN
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    Oct 31, 2013 6:38 PM in response to CD MAN

    Why would I have a clue? We are all just end-users like yourself here. Leave feedback for the Pages team using the link in the Pages menu.

     

     

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  • by Edy88,

    Edy88 Edy88 Nov 10, 2013 12:23 PM in response to achiavetta21
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    Nov 10, 2013 12:23 PM in response to achiavetta21

    I was able to export to a numbers 09 file then open with pages, 09 and do the mail merge. if you open the exported file with the new version of number you cannot use it with the old app.

  • by PeterBreis0807,

    PeterBreis0807 PeterBreis0807 Nov 10, 2013 12:56 PM in response to Inversionair
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    Nov 10, 2013 12:56 PM in response to Inversionair

    Inversionair

     

    No, unless their intention was to render Pages largely pointless, they did not do it very well.

     

    There are even silly UI glitches in the released version that show nobody checks anything at Apple anymore. Nor talks with experienced users because they won't like what they might hear.

     

    Most telling is that Apple is so out of touch they spruiked the new Pages as if it was a major update and never mentioned that it is almost unusable with any previous work.

     

    Things like that happen because the Apple executives don't use their own software. They use Microsoft's instead, so are clueless. The generals are so far behind the front lines, sipping their champagne and gorging on their caviar, they can't even hear it, let alone see the users snared on the barbed wire they had strung across their path.

     

    Peter

  • by fruhulda,

    fruhulda fruhulda Nov 10, 2013 1:07 PM in response to Edy88
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    Nov 10, 2013 1:07 PM in response to Edy88

    edy88, not quite true. You just shant save the document in Pages 5.0. You will get an option to not keep any chagnes in teh document and the document will be intact.

  • by TexasREIteam,

    TexasREIteam TexasREIteam Nov 25, 2013 10:44 AM in response to achiavetta21
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    Nov 25, 2013 10:44 AM in response to achiavetta21

    If you've upgraded to mavericks and export a pages document to pages 09, and then you try to use the merge feature in Pages 09 for some reason it doesn't work. It only allows you to sellect the first column from a numbers document - rendering it completely useless. I already showed it to tech support and his computer did the same thing.

  • by Inversionair,

    Inversionair Inversionair Nov 25, 2013 11:37 AM in response to TexasREIteam
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    Nov 25, 2013 11:37 AM in response to TexasREIteam

    This is only true if you are doign Mail Merge through the inspector.

     

    If you click on Insert at the top of the window, you will see Merge field. All of the possible fields from your numbers document should show up there.

     

    It takes a little longer then through the inspector but at least it works for the time being.

  • by JSAF,

    JSAF JSAF Dec 4, 2013 6:22 PM in response to PeterBreis0807
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    Dec 4, 2013 6:22 PM in response to PeterBreis0807

    Dear Peter et al,

     

    I have just discovered this amazing and most disappointing 'oversight'--and the comments from people such as yourselves on the discussions forum.

     

    What were/are they thinking?

     

    I have been an 'early adopter' of Apple's updates in the past and have had no real problems. In fact I have often been bemused at the complaints of others (for example, re. Duplicate which I reckon is marvellous and has come to my rescue on several occasions. I like to create new documents from old ones to keep the formatting, so often find that I have begun editing before saving it as a new name duplicate/revert to the rescue!)

     

    That has all changed with Mavericks, iOS 7 and the new iiWork, which are all most disappointing: no ability to sync calendars/contacts/bookmarks offline, no mail merge in Pages 5, functions in Numbers more 'clunky', poor backwards compatibility to even just the previous versions of their own software, to name but a few!

     

    The only minor 'saviour' is that the tabs in Finder work well, which was a key reason for me leaping in.

     

    I guess the poor functionality is what we are paying for the 'free' upgrade. I'd rather pay for a better developed product!

     

    Hopefully sense and reason will prevail,

     

    James

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