how to merge Open Office with Thunderbird
every time I attempt to send out document through Open Office I get the same message - unable to find e-mail configuration. Save document locally and attach it from within your e-mail client. I don't even know what that means.
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Interesting concept. Go to the Thunderbird support forum and ask how to use LibreOffice/OpenOffice to send mail.
Fundamentally I can tell you that OpenOffice does not send mail through a mail client without configuration. The relevant documentation for openOffice is here; https://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Documentation/OOoAuthors_User_Manual/Writer_Guide/E-mailing_Writer_documents
I have copied some of it below as the site appears to have a messed up encryption certificate.
E-mailing Writer documents OOo provides several ways to quickly and easily send a Writer document as an e-mail attachment in one of three formats: .ODT (OpenDocument Text, OOo's default format), .DOC (Microsoft Word format), or PDF. To send the current document in .ODT format: Choose File > Send > Document as E-mail. OpenOffice.org opens the e-mail program specified in Tools > Options > Internet > E-mail⧼cite_reference_link⧽. The document is attached. In your e-mail program, enter the recipient, subject and any text you want to add, then send the e-mail. File > Send > E-mail as OpenDocument Text has the same effect. If you choose E-mail as Microsoft Word, OOo first creates a .DOC file and then opens your e-mail program with the .DOC file attached. Similarly, if you choose E-mail as PDF, OOo first creates a PDF using your default PDF settings (as when using the Export Directly as PDF toolbar button) and then opens your email program with the .PDF file attached. E-mailing a document to several recipients To e-mail a document to several recipients, you can use the features in your e-mail program or you can use OOo's mail merge facilities to extract email addresses from an address book. You can use OOo's mail merge to send e-mail in two ways: Use the Mail Merge Wizard to create the document and send it. See Chapter 11 (Using Mail Merge) for details. Create the document in Writer without using the Wizard, then use the Wizard to send it. This method is described here. To use the Mail Merge Wizard to send a Writer document: Click Tools > Mail Merge Wizard.
LibreOffice offer very similar instructions here https://help.libreoffice.org/latest/en-US/text/shared/guide/email.html
The difference appears to be Open Office apparently requires manual configuration in the application and LibreOffice uses the operating systems default mail client.
But that sort of difference is why I migrated to LibreOffice back when they split from Open Office. Constant updates with real improvements in usability and compatibility
In the words of Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenOffice.org
Following Sun's acquisition by Oracle Corporation, development of OpenOffice.org slowed and eventually ended. In 2011, Oracle donated the project to the Apache Software Foundation, which continues it as Apache OpenOffice, although that project has been largely dormant since 2015.
. Perhaps adopt LibreOffice and take a less onerous path
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