Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Ahhh, so the powerful bit is LibreOffice as a whole rather than Base.  Base 'just' provides 1.  A convenient container to keep things together 2.  Something that ostensibly looks a bit like Access I don't know that i agree that.  From the sidelines it looks as though Base nearly offers far

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread drew jensen
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 17:54 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Hmmm, didn't quite understand all that. Does it reduce down to > > Forms = Yes, but sometimes have to fix datasource links > > Reports = No > > Both have problems with some scripts, some of which can be sorted but not > trivially.

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Hmmm, didn't quite understand all that.  Does it reduce down to Forms = Yes, but sometimes have to fix datasource links Reports = No Both have problems with some scripts, some of which can be sorted but not trivially.  Both can be used to show static data, such as the final result of a

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread drew jensen
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 16:40 +0100, Tom Davies wrote: > Hi :) > Blimey. i hadn't really appreciated that about Base. Sounds like it might > be reasonably easy to let people have access to some of the data in the > database while still keeping other data confidential. So different users > could

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Blimey.  i hadn't really appreciated that about Base.  Sounds like it might be reasonably easy to let people have access to some of the data in the database while still keeping other data confidential.  So different users could have access to different fields.  These Odt's and .Rpt's can

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread drew jensen
On Thu, 2012-03-29 at 11:12 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: > Specifically, LO uses Writer to create forms for Base. Seems to me > that what Writer creates is "text documents". If not, then what is a > Base form? Is it a document? If so, what kind? Yes - it is a standard ODT document. The differences th

[libreoffice-documentation] Clarification on "Text Documents"

2012-03-29 Thread Dan Lewis
Specifically, LO uses Writer to create forms for Base. Seems to me that what Writer creates is "text documents". If not, then what is a Base form? Is it a document? If so, what kind? --Dan -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to documentation+h...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www

RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated Base 3.5 Alternate Outline

2012-03-29 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) Thanks :) Sorry i am "all talk but no trousers".  A classic, sorry Regards from Tom :) --- On Wed, 28/3/12, Rick Barnes wrote: From: Rick Barnes Subject: RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated Base 3.5 Alternate Outline To: documentation@global.libreoffice.org Date: Wednesday, 28 March,

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated Base 3.5 Alternate Outline

2012-03-29 Thread Jean Weber
On 29/03/2012, at 0:54, "Rick Barnes" wrote: > Jean, > > So you don't have any issues with the latest outline? It is just a suggested > outline, of course. No issues at this point, but when I get into it seriously I may well find things to suggest. --Jean > The Appendices may be a bit too m

Re: [libreoffice-documentation] Fwd: Editable PDFs

2012-03-29 Thread Steve Edmonds
I use Draw all the time to add a handwritten signature to CAD drawings that are in PDF format to show they are authorised. Draw does change the linecap feature of drawn lines from rounded to square, so on close inspection drawn items are not a clear. Steve On 2012-03-28 19:43, Jean Weber wrote

RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated Base 3.5 Alternate Outline

2012-03-29 Thread Rick Barnes
Jean, So you don't have any issues with the latest outline? It is just a suggested outline, of course. The Appendices may be a bit too many, but no one has said anything about it yet... I was thinking of churning out a couple of appendices, (C and E) to get used to the template and overall proces

RE: [libreoffice-documentation] Updated Base 3.5 Alternate Outline

2012-03-29 Thread Rick Barnes
Tom, Thanks for your feedback. I wrote the outline as a guide for the guide so, it too, is flexible. And in the course of authoring a chapter one might find it not the best way to go. Changes are welcome... >>i think those chapter titles would be better if they started with those word first. T