Pages 5, Merging with Contacts no longer works

I hate re-typing addresses that I have already in my Contacts. The function of automatically merging single or multiple addresses has become worst ever since the first versions of good old Claris Works; it seems that in the new Pages, Apple has eliminated this feature alltogether, am I wrong?  

Thanks Ed, but of course you understand that your proposed work-around is not practical for anyone needing to wordprocess seriously, and that is what computers are supposed to be.
In the old days of the first versions of ClarisWorks, what you did was to select ("find") your addresses, go back to your letter and simply "merge-print". The nice thing then was that you could configure the spaceholders in your letter form to move "left" or "left+up"  in case of empty fields in addresses. This way, your final letter address would always look perfect, no unwanted spaces, etc. In the address file, you furthermore had available simple calculation in each field to do such calcs as " =if (name is "company", "Dear Sirs") etc. This allowed to do very clever serial letters and individual-looking mass-mailings.
Later updates of CW, later Apple Works sorely missed these features, so I shifted to MS Works. With OSX and the then new Address Book, I returned in the hope that things would get more professional, only to see that Apple keeps on neglecting even te most simple features you need in an office; I am now preparing to go back to MS.
If one remove the Apple-colored glasses, one will realise none of their Apps is seriously and continously groomed these days. I close my post, thank you all.  

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