[clug-talk] Custom graphics in mail merge

[Chris Lusena]

LaTeX? The image needs to be in an eps but netpbm should provide an image
conversion program. This might be a little too much unix jalopy for you 
though since the easiest solution would be to write a program the write 
the LaTeX source, put the image in the same directory the calls pdflatex 
on that file. or iv you want PS latex then dvips. 


Of course any other format that you can write easily with python would also
work, e.g. troff, docbook, or HTML. It is just that LaTeX is the one that I know with enough power to do the formating I am suspected that you will need.  I do not know troff or docbook. (docbook --- that sgml application that O'Riely uses to format some of its books.

Hope this helps.

--
Chris


--- On Tue, 3/31/09, simon at mungewell.org <simon at mungewell.org> wrote:

> From: simon at mungewell.org <simon at mungewell.org>
> Subject: [clug-talk] Custom graphics in mail merge
> To: "CLUG General" <clug-talk at clug.ca>
> Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009, 10:51 AM
> I'm looking to do a 'mail merge' from
> a database of names/details/custom
> graphics. There would be a specific graphic image for each
> individual.
> 
> It looks like OpenOffice can't do the graphic bit of
> this... hopefully
> someone knows a work around.
> 
> Simon.
> 
> 
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