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    From Ian McCall@21:1/5 to All on Tue Jun 21 23:17:39 2022
    Am -sure- there’s someone on here who is a Pages 9 user due to not having mail merge in the new one. Well...somewhat surprisingly, a new update has
    just come out that allows mail merge. Possibly worth a shot?

    <https://www.macrumors.com/2022/06/21/apple-iwork-updates-new-features/>

    Cheers,
    Ian

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  • From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 26 09:03:41 2022
    On Jun 21, 2022, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28627B03034492FA70000A2D338F@news.individual.net>):

    Am -sure- there’s someone on here who is a Pages 9 user due to not having mail merge in the new one. Well...somewhat surprisingly, a new update has just come out that allows mail merge. Possibly worth a shot?

    It was I, although I've 'downgraded' to Pages 12, since Pages '09 won't work under Catalina or later, even via an emulator.
    MailMerge is a small step in the right direction, although it only allows you to merge from your address book. I really don't want *all* my business
    contacts in my address book. Pages '09 would let you merge from a Numbers spreadsheet, which was so much more sensible.

    I've still never seen a mail merge better designed that Locomotive Software's LocoMail, which ran on the Amstrad PCW 8256.

    MST

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  • From Ian McCall@21:1/5 to All on Sun Jun 26 11:37:36 2022
    On 26 Jun 2022, Martin S Taylor wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28684A5D00E2601770000EB5638F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    I've still never seen a mail merge better designed that Locomotive Software's LocoMail, which ran on the Amstrad PCW 8256.

    Ah yes, but you’re asking for an improvement on perfection there. Not going to happen ever. That thing was -legendary-.

    Cheers,
    Ian

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  • From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 27 09:02:15 2022
    On Jun 26, 2022, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28686E70041E48B270000A2D338F@news.individual.net>):

    On 26 Jun 2022, Martin S Taylor wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28684A5D00E2601770000EB5638F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    I've still never seen a mail merge better designed that Locomotive Software's
    LocoMail, which ran on the Amstrad PCW 8256.

    Ah yes, but you’re asking for an improvement on perfection there. Not going to happen ever. That thing was -legendary-.

    Are you talking about the LocoScript suite or the PCW hardware?

    MST

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  • From Ian McCall@21:1/5 to All on Mon Jun 27 11:31:17 2022
    On 27 Jun 2022, Martin S Taylor wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28699B87013165E970000EB5638F@news.eternal-september.org>):

    On Jun 26, 2022, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28686E70041E48B270000A2D338F@news.individual.net>):

    On 26 Jun 2022, Martin S Taylor wrote
    (in article<0001HW.28684A5D00E2601770000EB5638F@news.eternal-september.org>)
    :

    I've still never seen a mail merge better designed that Locomotive Software's
    LocoMail, which ran on the Amstrad PCW 8256.

    Ah yes, but you’re asking for an improvement on perfection there. Not going
    to happen ever. That thing was -legendary-.

    Are you talking about the LocoScript suite or the PCW hardware?

    MST

    Interesting question with nuanced answer. I’m talking about the Amstrad-as-package-for-small-business. Every aspect could be criticised, but the whole was drastically more than the sum of the parts.

    Ian

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  • From Martin S Taylor@21:1/5 to All on Wed Jun 29 10:43:26 2022
    On Jun 27, 2022, Ian McCall wrote
    (in article<0001HW.2869BE75045D0F3E70000A2D338F@news.individual.net>):

    I've still never seen a mail merge better designed that Locomotive Software's
    LocoMail, which ran on the Amstrad PCW 8256.

    Ah yes, but you’re asking for an improvement on perfection there. Not going
    to happen ever. That thing was -legendary-.

    Are you talking about the LocoScript suite or the PCW hardware?

    MST

    Interesting question with nuanced answer. I’m talking about the Amstrad-as-package-for-small-business. Every aspect could be criticised, but the whole was drastically more than the sum of the parts.

    I have to declare an interest: I worked for Locomotive Software from 1989 to 1991, although I wrote documentation and had nothing to do with software design.

    MST

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