Equivalent of Microsoft Publisher?

Jerry Feldman gaf-mNDKBlG2WHs at public.gmane.org
Mon Jan 12 13:08:43 EST 2009


On 01/12/2009 11:16 AM, Chris Robichaud wrote:
> My dad used to use Microsoft Publisher to print mailing labels for flie=
rs to
> advertise for his business. Publisher would take a speadsheet or a
> comma-separated text file with columns like name, address, etc. and pri=
nt
> them on a sheet full of mailing labels in the appropriate places if you=
 told
> it what form you were using. Is there a linux equivalent to this?
>  =20
Chris,
Almost all word processors have a mail-merge capability including=20
OpenOffice.org. If your father needs the publishing features of=20
Microsoft Publisher, Scribus might fit the bill.

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