Hi Florian I think initially when you first start using OOo you're better referring to the PDF documents or the Wiki rather than the help file as they're more up to date.
I know that the Base documentation is currently being updated. Not sure if I've been of help at all. Claire On 2 March 2010 05:12, Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> wrote: > Forwarding this (anonymized) to this list, and pointing the original poster > to it > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: OO helpfile > Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2010 09:23:54 +0800 > To: Florian Effenberger <flo...@openoffice.org> > > G'day Florian, > > Sorry to bother you, and probably not your area of interest, but > frustration drove me to it. > > I have been trying to get to grips with Base, and had to rely on the > helpfile to get me through it. As a total beginner parts of it was > confusing and other parts pointed me in totally the wrong direction. My > biggest frustration related to Queries. > In the helpfile it describes the syntax for entering the conditions. ie > If searching for text, us ' (single quotes) to indicate text. After many > hours trying unsuccessfully to get this to work (as it was the only > method described in the helpfile), I finally found that this only > applies if you do it in design mode. I'm sure the majority of first time > users like myself would feel that using the wizard would be the easier > method initially. In the helpfile there is no mention that, when using > the wizard the single quotes are not required, and infact prevent the > query from operating. > Now that I am aware, I know what to do, but I would like to prevent many > others (based on the uptake of OO) putting themselves through the same > frustration. > I implore you to try and get the helpfile ammended to indicate such a > simple (but important) difference between the functionality of query > condition entry using the design mode, and the wizard. > > Cheers for now! > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@documentation.openoffice.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@documentation.openoffice.org > > -- Best wishes Claire Wood
