I failed to send this to the list. On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:21 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > The GS with Base chapter for LOv4.0 (available on the Publications > page of the wiki) does cover the Table Design View, but the one for > v4.2 does not. A quick solution to your immediate problem is to > explicitly refer to the GS v4.0 chapter. > > --Jean > > > On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 10:02 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: >> The reason for the discrepancy is that the Getting Started chapter has >> changed since that was written. The previous chapter is now a >> standalone document, which should be referenced here instead of the GS >> chapter. It should be, but isn't, listed on the Publications page of >> the wiki. I'll find where it's gone, and let you know. And I'll list >> it on the wiki page. >> >> Thanks for catching this. >> >> --Jean >> >> >> On Sat, Aug 30, 2014 at 8:44 AM, Alan Cook <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello all, >>> >>> I'm updating the English translation of the Base Handbook from 3.5 to 4.2, >>> and have run across a problem concerning which I'd appreciate some advice >>> and feedback. >>> >>> In Chapter 3, "Tables," the section following the heading *Creating >>> Tables/Creation using the GUI* begins as follows: >>> >>> "Database creation using the GUI is described in detail in Chapter 8, >>> "Getting Started with Base," in the /Getting Started with LibreOffice/ book. >>> Therefore only the main sources of error are described here." >>> >>> The problem is that [the first sentence of] that statement is just plain >>> false. >>> >>> The GUI offers two ways of creating tables: Use Wizard to Create Table and >>> Create Table in Design View. The /Getting Started/ chapter only provides >>> instructions for using the Wizard. The Wizard only provides database >>> templates with preexisting table and field names. If you want to design a >>> database for any purpose other than the ones that the templates cover, it's >>> useless. >>> >>> So far as I can tell, there are no instructions provided anywhere in our >>> documentation on how to create a table in Design View, which seems to me to >>> be the method that most users are likely to use. (I could well be wrong >>> about this, but if those instructions exist, they aren't located in the most >>> logical place to look for them.) >>> >>> Moreover, the /Getting Started/ chapter explains only how to create a flat, >>> single-table database. (I'm not sure why you'd want to do that rather than >>> just use a spreadsheet, but . . . .) The material in the handbook, on the >>> other hand, assumes that you're building a relational database with multiple >>> tables. >>> >>> The reason I can't just ignore the problem is and go on is: The section that >>> follows this introduction contains some new material in the German that >>> needs to be translated. Translated super-literally, it doesn't make much >>> sense. Good technical instructions are directed at the particular situation >>> in which the user is going to need those instructions and tailored to the >>> user's preexisting knowledge. That context is exactly what the current text >>> doesn't provide, and what I need in order to put this stuff into >>> comprehensible English. >>> >>> Any and all advice appreciated. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alan >>> >>> -- >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: [email protected] >>> Problems? >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ >>> Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be >>> deleted
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