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.

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    Now that Pages has dropped mail merge where do I go from here?

    I think you needed to have pages '09 in it's own folder (usually named iWork '09) when you upgraded to Pages 5.0. Luckily I had. Then the easiest way to edit a document in Pages '09 is to right-click (CTRL Click) it in the finder or on the desktop and select Pges '09 from the context menu.
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    Apple makes everything easy for us EXCEPT when we upgrade our OS, or iWork apps!

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    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 @$$.
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    Apple has removed over 90 features from Pages 5.
    http://www.freeforum101.com/iworktipsntrick/viewforum.php?f=22&sid=3527487677f0c 6fa05b6297cd00f8eb9&mforum=iworktipsntrick
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    Don't use the new Pages or Numbers.
    Keep your old Pages and Numbers documents in a safe folder.
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    @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

  • I guess I have to buy MS Office now mail merge is gone in Pages?

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  • How do I do a mail merge?

    Just downloaded new Pages and the Mail Merge option is not there. Is there still a way to do it?

    You can't.  Pages 4.3 should still be in an iWorks folder within your Applications folder.  Use that, and leave feedback for Apple at http://www.apple.com/feedback/pages.html
    Also, review in the App Store.
    You can also trash Pages 5, so it won't destroy your 4.3 documents.

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    I have a Numbers document with several tables (each in a different Sheet).  The document was created by exporting data from ScrumWorks Pro into an excel document and than opened in Numbers.  The data I use in the mail merge is in one of the tables.  To prep the table for the merge, I set the top row of the one table to be a header row and save as a numbers document.  Some of the columns in the table reference other tables in the document (for example = PBI::Table 1::C2).
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    Not surprised at all.
    You wrote that the column F contains hours values.
    The truth is that it contain date_time values displaying only the time component.
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    Yvan KOENIG (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 28 mai 2011 21:31:37
    iMac 21”5, i7, 2.8 GHz, 4 Gbytes, 1 Tbytes, mac OS X 10.6.7
    Please : Search for questions similar to your own before submitting them to the community
    To be the AW6 successor, iWork MUST integrate a TRUE DB, not a list organizer !

  • 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.
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    AnaMusic wrote:
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    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!

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    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.
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  • 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?
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    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:
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    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.

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