Pages 5.5 Mail and Data Merge

Wow ... This and you are true life savers!!! And it is even better than any mail merge implementation in any version of Pages and Word I have ever used. Thank you so much!!

Somehow I follow all the steps religiously and it creates the output folder but fails to fill the fields. The merge app is able to import the Nunbers data and fetched the script ids fine. I assign the appropriate ids and assign a cell as the naming cell but when I start the process it creates a copy of the open pages file but doesn't fill anything and stops. It also closes my original Pages file. I like the idea and I'm banging my head trying to figure what's going wrong

Looking forward is what I'm doing by investigating other software, built by competent people who consider that software core to their business rather than a freebie to tack on.

It seems evident in multiple instances that Apple has shifted their view of the software they create for Mac. It used to be necessary, because they were real underdogs and if they didn't make a robust word processing and DTP app for Mac (for instance), no one else could or would.

But now someone else can, so I think they are ceding that role to third parties, and switching their own app suites to very basic starter kits.

So Pages is now Value Added to the Apple Ecosystme, but no longer a tool they want to charge people money for and therefor not one worth investing real money or effort into. Like Numbers, Aperture, etc.

Answers:

1) Yes, both the latest versions confirmed 5.5 and 10.10

2) Saved both to desktop using the name Test

Log:

(

"FIRST ITEM",

"SECOND ITEM",

"THIRD ITEM"

),

(

"FOURTH ITEM",

"FITH ITEM",

"SIXTH ITEM"

)

)

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = "";

sourceItem = "<null>";

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = FIRSTNAME;

sourceItem = Jane;

}

mailFlag = N;

placeholderItem = LASTNAME;

sourceItem = Doe;

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = STREET;

sourceItem = "111 Aber Way";

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = PROVINCE;

sourceItem = Ontario;

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = POSTALCODE;

sourceItem = L1A2B3;

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = "";

sourceItem = "<null>";

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = "";

sourceItem = "<null>";

}

mailFlag = "";

placeholderItem = "";

sourceItem = "<null>";

}

2,

3,

4,

5,

6

)

FIRSTNAME,

LASTNAME,

STREET,

PROVINCE,

POSTALCODE

)

"<null>",

Jane,

Doe,

"111 Aber Way",

Ontario,

L1A2B3,

"<null>",

"<null>",

"<null>"

)

}>

I didn't think I was selecting headers as the only cells selected were data cells. Anyways, the updated file worked perfectly! Thank you for updating it as I'm sure I'll be using it quite a bit.

Thank you, enteecee for this entry:

"I will joyfully look forward when Apple gives me something to look forward to. overall, I remain a user and fan of what they do. But the future looks very dark indeed for pages: over a hundred features deleted, file format nightmares, and no indication whatsoever of a roadmap for something more powerful or sensible."

My problem: the latest update of Pages 5.5 deleted the very handy program for quickly creating a specific group of email addresses that I would like to forward a specific email to. Can anyone tell me how i can do this now that is NOT by adding one address at a time to the piece I want to send?

This is my first time to ask questions on this website. Please advise me how to do it better.

California Boy

sorry sal, need ask you some question.

while i click "update tags menu" and it will pop out one "read error" and write " There was a problem getting the placeholder tags from the front Pages document." may help me provide a solution.

thanks

ya, i saw the "GETTING CURRENT DOCUMENT TAGS", I have do the text placeholders, but it seems like wont detect the page document.