HT3952 Mail Merge - Pages 5?

Hello all,
Maybe I'm just not seeing the right function, but I can't find mail merge anywhere. I have about 50 envelopes that I send out nearly every holiday, and with this latest update of Pages mail merge seems to have dissapeared. I'm not really sure what I'm suposed to do now besides automatically format each one, which sounds about as fun as giving a cat a bath. Please let me know if I'm just an idiot (which is actually totally plausible, I could just not be reading right), or if it's Apple. Thanks so very much!
Mandi

This discussion seems to indicate the function is gone, There are a few suggestions for other ways to do it.
https://discussions.apple.com/message/23501744#23501744

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Mail merge pages 08?

I think I have some sort of mail merge feature .. perhaps 09 is more functional. I'm presently looking to do in either word for mac 08 or pages 08 or upgrade to 09 whatever is easiest. I think as I have a mac in terms of address book then pages would be..
Im not sure how it's all going to pan out when mobile me goes in terms of email and addresses will this have an impact, any general (non tech) preferances on mail merge for ease! please.

Julie,
For now, you can merge from AddressBook.
Jerry

Mail merge in PAGES and NUMBERS has GONE!

A while ago I painstakingly moved data and documents from Microsoft Excel 2008 for Mac to Numbers and from Word to Pages. I have been using Numbers for data lists and Pages for Mailmerge documents successfully since 2011.
With the latest "update" to Pages and Numbers, I thought I would see improved software and performance. What I got was a downgrade in functionality.
* Pages no longer supports mail merge
** Pages documents with mail merge fields are corrupted on opening them with the new version - SAVE THE ORIGINAL FIRST !
* Numbers documents can no longer be used with the previous version of Pages to perform a mail merge - the headers are not being recognised!
WORK AROUND
Don't use the new Pages or Numbers.
Keep your old Pages and Numbers documents in a safe folder.
Use the prior versions of Pages and Numbers for mail merging (HOPEFULLY APPLE READS THIS AND PUTS MAIL MERGE BACK IN THE NEXT FIX)
It is possible to maintain Numbers documents using the new version. This however necessitates saving your modified Numbers document in the old format (Save As...) before using it with the prior Pages version.
@APPLE: PLEASE RECOGNISE THIS MAJOR PLANNING ERROR ON YOUR PART AND GIVE US THE FUNCTIONALITY BACK ASAP !!!

I agree with Peter. This is NOT a forum for filing complaints directed at Apple. They do make that clear.
Paul, I suggest you channel your frustration toward Apple at their Product Feedback page: http://www.apple.com/feedback/
Mac

Mail merge ('09) is giving spurious results

I am trying to do what should have been a fairly simple mail merge function, but it is producing weird results. I am doing date calculations in Numbers, and using that for producing a document with different date elements (all are in the spreadsheet). The formulas are working correctly, and the cells contain the correct information, but when I do the mail merge, Pages picks up data from different cells. I can even change the target cells, and it still picks up the same data.
Here is a portion of the Numbers data.
The first entry (B2) is entered as a date. The rest are all calculated using date functions. The pattern is: Date, Month Name, Day Date. Then repeat for the next day, etc.
And, here is what it produced, with the target cell name preceding the merged data. The text in blue worked correctly. Once I created a text box, and put merge fields inside it, though, it started falling apart. As you can see, the data did not match the cell data associated with the column name. I then tried using the same data outside of the text box, and it was again spurious. It seems that using a text box messes it up. What I am using this on is very graphically oriented, and I hate to think of the challenge of not using text boxes and lining up graphic elements with underlying text… ugh….
After spending a full day on this simple project, I gave up and went to Word. I exported my Numbers data as an Excel spreadsheet, and it merged beautifully on a test run. So, I reformatted all my documents (with a lot of images, which is part of why I wanted to use Pages). After spending another day getting it laid out in Word, I did the final merge. Success! It looked beautiful. I cut the documents to the size I needed, only to find out it had resized them! Back to Pages, which I prefer. I can't get past the spurious results. I've tried reloading Pages and the documents, but it doesn't work. I have a number of templates in Pages that I need to use for this function, and I hate to think of finding a different program and redoing all of them.
I am using iWork 09. My Pages is version 4.3, and my OS is 10.7.5.
Any ideas?

Oh, one other quirky thing happened. In the text box I entered "mon1" for the starting date. When I highlighted it, and added it as a Merge Field, it immediately changed the text to "mo1n". I tried to correct it, but it changed it every time. I have had that happen a number of times with other merge fields. The "n" shows up after the date in the merged document, suggesting that the Merge Field was "mo1". However, in my list of Merge Fields, it shows as "mon1".

New to Pages, mail merge help needed

OK, I tried to get some help a couple of days ago in the Numbers discussion pages but apparently the invoice I'm trying to create won't work. (At least, no one has replied to the other post.)
So I've given up on trying to create a usable Invoice in Numbers ('09) for my friend's graphic design business and am now trying to use the Invoice template in Pages ('09) instead.
I've managed to insert Mail Merge fields in the document and link them to a stand-alone Numbers document containing the client addresses. However, when we open the template to try and create a new invoice, the Pages>Edit>Mail Merge option only allows us to select the table containing the addresses, not individual addresses. The result is that Pages only imports the first person in from our database (the Numbers table).
If anyone out there can offer help - even if it's just to say "forget it, you're better off writing things out by hand" - I'd really appreciate it.
Another issue for the Invoice I'm trying to do in Pages is use the Inspector to create a Pop-up cell. Apparently, that is only an option in Numbers. But if I can get some help on the first issue, I figure something else out.
I won't bother posting a screenshot or anything unless someone really needs it. (Maybe that's why I didn't get help before...)

Thank you for the reply - the video was very helpful!
AnaMusic wrote:
Perhaps this > http://macmost.com/using-mail-merge-in-pages.html
can offer some assistance on Mail Merge...
I can now get the Mail Merge to pull up separate pages in a document for everyone on the list.
I did some more checking on the MacMost site, but didn't find an answer for the next part of my problem:
Being able to select different people from the Numbers table before completing the Mail Merge. Since we haven't yet entered her full client list into the database, I can simply delete an invoice that doesn't apply from the resulting mail merged document. My worry is in having to do that once we have her full client list (about 200 names so far) in that database.
I've tried to see if it made sense to break the list into separate groupings, but even an alphabetical grouping (A-G, H--N, etc.) seems odd. I know I was able to make selections when I used Microsoft Word mail merge - do you know if Pages has something similar? (I know, Pages isn't meant to be an Apple clone of Word, but it's hard to know if I'm just looking in the wrong place on the forums and in the manuals/user guides.)
Thank you again!

How to get pages ver 5 mail merge to work using numbers as a data source

As a long time user of MS Word and Excel, I use the mail mail merge feature to create invoices by merging client contact info into the invoice template. At the end of Nov-2013, I changed to a new-to-me MBP-15. After purtchasing and downloading Pages, Numbers and Keynotes, I had difficulty using my Word/Excel files as a merge in Pages and Numbers. Apple support has told me that the feature no longer works in Pages/Numbers version 5 in the OS 10.9 op-sys. What a BIG disappointment. I've begun to find some work arounds, but they are a pain in the @$$.
Does anyone have any updates on this issue?
Has anyone found a simple to use work around?
Any help is appreciated.

Apple has removed over 90 features from Pages 5.
http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
Pages '09 should still be in your Applications/iWork folder.
Archive/trash Pages 5 and rate/review it in the App Store, then get back to work.
Peter

In Pages 09 we can do Mail Merge and Import Styles from a document. Can someone please explain how we can do this with the new version of Pages 5.1. Even Apple solutions are only valid for Pages Version 09. What a DOWN GRADE!

In Pages 09 we can do Mail Merge and Import Styles from a document. Can someone please explain how we can do this with the new version of Pages 5.1. Even Apple solutions are only valid for Pages Version 09. What a DOWN GRADE! Thank god Pages 09 is still there.

…and the other 98 missing features.
Just use Pages '09, which should be in your Applications/iWork folder.
Rate/review Pages 5 in the App Store.
Peter

How can I mail merge in new Pages 5.2 and send it by Mail?

     How can I merge mail in the new Pages version 5.2 and send it by Mail?
     It seems that there is not a mail merger available anymore for Pages. Although it is a powerfull mecanism to send a bunch of letters by Mail, Apple has downgraded themselves by excluding this feature from this app. What is the solution to this problem?
     Should i seek a Microsoft program to resolve this issue, because the new version of pages simply will not cut it without these necessary features.

If you have the previous version of Number and Pages you can still use those applications to perform a mail merge. Neither the previous version nor the latest version support mass emailing. There are other applications that can do that.
Using my favorite search engine I was able to identify several services that can perform a mass email campaign:
I used the search term: "mass email service"

How do you mail merge in the new pages?

I have a pages document that I merge with an informational spreadsheet for real estate brochures in our office. However, I can't find a mail merge option anywhere in the newest version of pages. Does anyone know a way around this?
Any information would be greatly appreciated!

Sadly, you can't. One of many features removed.
Apple is now directing users to still use Pages 4.3, which is in am iWork folder within your Applications folder.
In the meantime, rate on the App Store and leave Feedback to let them know what you need:
http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html

How can I use mail merge with numbers in the new pages version?

I am trying to use mail merge with the new version of pages and can not seem to be able to figure it out. PLEASE HELP!!!

Nope. Version 5 is a fashion accessory: it looks like software, but it doesn;t actually do anything. Sort of like a sports car with a lawn-mower engine. Looks snzzy. Doesn't really work. (And given how buggy it is, I should further specifiy that the lawn-mower engine comes with a blade: it chews up your old templates, produces files that cannot be sent as email attahcments [yes, really], and—this just in—doesn;t play well with the new SMB facility of Mavericks. In short, as one reviewer put it, "un unmitigated disaster."

Pages 5.1 - mail merge???

Is it true?!? no mail merge in pages 5.1???
how do i solve it?!? I need to print labels (about 300) from a Numbers sheet ...

Yes, it's true. There are several threads on the subject in this forum.
There were 100+ features that didn't make it into the "new & improved, rewritten from the ground up” Pages 5. Some have returned with the updates & there are some new features that are worthwhile, but there are still 90+ features missing. Leave feedback for the Pages team using the link in the Pages menu and review & rate the new versions in the Mac App Store.
As for solving the problem, use Pages 4.3. If you previously had iWork '09, those apps are still in your Applications folder in a folder named iWork '09 unless you deliberately deleted them.

Problems with pages and mail merging from Address Book

hey guys. I have just created an invitation using one of the templates in Pages. this template is for four postcard size invites on one sheet of A4. i want to merge addresses from my address book. i can do the merge except that rather than four different contacts on each page i end up with four of the same on each page before it moves on the next contact on the next page. what i want to do is for it to merge one address per postcard. in Word i would put 'next' as the last field in the merge fields but i cant find a similar command in Pages. please can some advice?

I don't use Address Book for mail merging, but I tested this on a four page document and it worked for that so maybe it will work for your postcards. First, do your merge with full size pages and one address per page. Then in the print menu select Layout (drop down from Copies and Pages) and set it for 4 per Page (any direction you wish). That should print four different addresses on one sheet.
Walt

Mail merge to PDF adds extra page

I am using Acrobat 9 Pro on an XP platform (sp2), doing a mail merge from a MS Word (2003) document and sending by email. The resulting PDF document attached in the email includes an extra, blank page. Anyone seen this before?
The original document is a certificate and includes a border around the full page.
Thanks!

Since you are doing the mail merge from WORD, you can more simply just open the print menu and change the printer to the Adobe PDF printer. Then check the document to be sure there is only 1 page (There will probably be 2). Fix the page issue and do your mail merge. Changing the default printer is not required unless you are doing the conversion from outside WORD - changing in the print menu is adequate.

After mail merge in inDesign how do I save each page as a separate PDF

Hi
I have done a mail merge to get data on a form, now I need to split the doc so that each page is in a separate PDF doc. How do I do that?
Thank you for any assistance that can be given.
Regards,
Andre

http://indesignsecrets.com/split-up-data-merged-pdf-files-into-smaller-files.php

How to go to the next record during mail merge in Pages

I'm trying to create a directory booklet using Pages and Numbers. I have names and addresses listed in rows in Numbers, and I'm trying to use Mail Merge to transfer the data to Pages. After the merge is complete, however, I'm left with one page per name/address, rather than one page with multiple addresses.
Is there a way to resolve this? I'm not creating mailing labels, but it follows the same concept. Is it possible to insert some sort of "next record" field, so that the data moves to the next row in Numbers?
Thanks for your help. I'm new to Pages and am feeling very frustrated!

Cathy,
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