From: sch@example.invalid   
      
   Brian Gregory  wrote:   
      
   >On 02/10/2023 19:55, Jonathan N. Little wrote:   
   >> Jake M wrote:   
   >>> Hello.  Been a long time since I used LibreOffice Writer, but when I   
   >>> opened it today and tried to use the Mail Merge feature, the following   
   >>> message popped up:   
   >>>   
   >>> "The LibreOffice base component is absent and it is required to use mail   
   >>> merge."   
   >>>   
   >>> This is a fresh install of 22.04.3 that I did over the last year.   
   >>>   
   >>> Thanks for any help.   
       
   >> I believe you are missing LibreOffice Base which is not installed by   
   >> default. Try:   
   >>    
   >> sudo apt install libreoffice-base   
      
   >Yes. That rings a bell. I think I had this on a Lubuntu install I used    
   >temporarily a while ago. It appears to be due to a mistake in the Ubuntu    
   >distribution.   
      
   I can't say that I like the apparent "integration" of the various   
   Libre Office Programs. Like, when I work in Calc and call "Recently   
   used files" I get files from Writer, too. And exiting a program greets   
   me with a screen full of Libre Office Component Tiles instead of just   
   a quiet and friendly "Bye". According to my taste, they overdo things   
   and make them unnecessarily complex.    
      
   Regards,   
   H.   
      
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