Open Office - inserting spreadsheet fields in a document

Factual Questions
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I would like to take the data from a spreadsheet (csv file, actually) and insert them into a Writer document. I managed it with Word/Excel but I’m stumped in Open Office. In particular, I would like to have 6 records per page in the document. Is there a way to make this happen?

Thanks!
NCUN

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OpenOffice.org mail merge looks like a real pain in the ass, but maybe I’m just too used to doing it in MS Office: linky.