[glabels] [doc] Notes about creating CSV from kaddressbook and Thunderbird



commit d7daf5a802fdfb252d63995515ae4e930d6665a0
Author: Mario Blättermann <mario blaettermann gmail com>
Date:   Wed Apr 17 13:27:07 2013 +0200

    [doc] Notes about creating CSV from kaddressbook and Thunderbird

 help/C/mergefeatures.page | 38 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
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         can be embedded into fields by using the "\n" entity.  This file
         could be created using any text editor or could be created by
         another program or script.  A common way of creating CSV files is
-       to export them from a spreadsheet program.</p>
+       to export them from a spreadsheet program or from address book
+       applications.</p>
+       
+       <note style="advanced">
+         <p>
+         To export a CSV file from <app>kaddressbook</app>, first select the
+        contacts you wish to export. Click on the first contact, then press and
+        hold <key>Ctrl</key> and click on the other desired contacts to select them.
+        Then choose <guiseq><gui>File</gui><gui>Export</gui>
+        <gui>Export CSV File</gui></guiseq>.</p>
+        
+        <p>
+        In the <gui>Select Contacts</gui>
+        window, enable the button <gui>Selected contacts</gui> (which should be
+        enabled by default anyway). Then click on <gui>OK</gui>.
+        In the <gui>Save As</gui> dialog, choose the desired folder and a name
+        for the file and click on <gui>Save</gui>.
+         </p>
+        </note>
+       
+       <note style="advanced">
+         <p>
+        To export a CSV file from <app>Thunderbird</app>, click on the
+        <gui>Address Book</gui> toolbar button or choose <guiseq><gui>Tools
+        </gui><gui>Address Book</gui></guiseq> from the menu.
+        Then select the contacts you wish to export. Click on the first contact,
+        then press and hold <key>Ctrl</key> and click on the other desired contacts
+        to select them. Then choose <guiseq><gui>Tools</gui><gui>Export</gui>
+        </guiseq>.</p>
+        
+        <p>
+        In the file chooser window, choose the desired folder and a name
+        for the file and change the value of the drop-down button in the
+        right bottom corner to <gui>Comma Separated</gui>. Finally, click on
+        <gui>Save</gui>.
+         </p>
+        </note>
 
       <p>A label must then be configured to "point at" this data file.
         To configure the merge properties of a document, choose


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