Author: sroot
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Mail merge onto a PDF background
Some days, I love computers. Days like today, where we want send a mailshot to 900 past customers. I got the address list from our MS Access database. I got a PDF of the artwork. What I wanted to do was create a mail merge using the PDF as a background. Libreoffice/Openoffice didn’t seem to…
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What happens when you break down in France (10 things I learnt)
When you go on a family holiday and your car gets a longer holiday than you do, you just know something didn’t go to plan. This year our camping trip to france had a little ‘incident’ that left me pushing my French skills to the limit, learning new words concerning vehicle parts, pleading with insurance…
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The joy of being a forum/newsgroup moderator
I like to be helpful. It makes me feel good. When I post lots of technical questions to a community I’ll look to see if I can offer something in return for others. When the spree group asked for volunteer anti-spam moderators I was happy to volunteer. One side effect of that was being added…