Challenge 2: A Mail-Merged Letter Plus a Distilled Deck — Solution Walkthrough

Mail Merge setup:
  1. Build a small Calc spreadsheet: Name, Amount, 3-4 rows.
  2. Register it as a data source (Tools > Options > LibreOffice Base
     > Databases).
  3. Tools > Mail Merge Wizard in Writer, connect to the registered
     source in the address block step, insert Name and Amount as
     merge fields into a short letter template.
  4. Preview one row's real data, then complete the merge.

Companion deck setup:
  1. Create a new Impress file. View > Master Slide, set a consistent
     accent colour matching the Writer report.
  2. Build 3 slides, each using the same Layout, each covering exactly
     ONE idea distilled from the report — not its own paragraphs
     copied across.

WHY THIS WORKS AS AN ANSWER
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The Mail Merge succeeds because the registered source's column names
(Name, Amount) match the template's own expected fields exactly — the
same exact-match discipline Chapter 4 emphasised, avoiding the need
for an explicit field-matching step. The deck succeeds specifically
because each slide distills one idea rather than reproducing the
report's own text — the same design judgment from Word & PowerPoint
Chapter 9 that this capstone's own Step 7 explicitly names as
transferring with zero change, regardless of which presentation
application is actually being used.