Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-27 Thread Mark Stanton
Whilst I'd agree that admonition is a slightly old fashioned word now, I wouldn't think it very peculiar, although it does appear to be out of place here. Might I suggest (on only a very slight understanding of what's going on) that it might be a good idea to leave things like field names in

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-27 Thread Jean Weber
On Thu, Dec 27, 2012 at 7:47 PM, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: Might I suggest (on only a very slight understanding of what's going on) that it might be a good idea to leave things like field names in their original language if it's not English. Unless it's actually making it

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-26 Thread Jean Weber
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 5:40 PM, Robert Großkopf rob...@familiegrosskopf.de wrote: Hello Martin, note re Mahnung. A Mahnung is what one receives anytime something is overdue. Typically it will be a payment of a bill that you forgot. A polite letter comes entitled First Mahnung. Typically

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-26 Thread Martin Fox
Hi Robert and Jean This is a problem which arises when multilingual databases are used. What I normally do is to use forms with labels instead of field names. That way I can use what I like for field names, but can programatically change the form labels depending on which language is in use. For

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-26 Thread Tom Davies
@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 26 December 2012, 9:14 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated Hi Robert and Jean This is a problem which arises when multilingual databases are used. What I normally do is to use forms with labels instead of field names

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-26 Thread Hazel Russman
On Wed, 26 Dec 2012 08:40:57 +0100 Robert Großkopf rob...@familiegrosskopf.de wrote: Hello Martin, note re Mahnung. A Mahnung is what one receives anytime something is overdue. Typically it will be a payment of a bill that you forgot. A polite letter comes entitled First Mahnung.

[libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-25 Thread Martin Fox
Greetings to all http://www.odfauthors.org/libreoffice/english/base-handbook/drafts/introduction-to-base-bh01/at_download/file note re Mahnung. A Mahnung is what one receives anytime something is overdue. Typically it will be a payment of a bill that you forgot. A polite letter comes entitled

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Ping Jean - Base Handbook Chapter 1 translated

2012-12-25 Thread Robert Großkopf
Hello Martin, note re Mahnung. A Mahnung is what one receives anytime something is overdue. Typically it will be a payment of a bill that you forgot. A polite letter comes entitled First Mahnung. Typically there is no penalty imposed at this stage. The second Mahnung and beyond gets messy