Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Tom Davies
:)  --- On Sun, 22/7/12, Andrew Brager apb3...@bak.rr.com wrote: From: Andrew Brager apb3...@bak.rr.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2012, 0:48 On 7/21/2012 10:47 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 20.07.2012 23:50, Andrew Brager wrote

[libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 22.07.2012 01:48, Andrew Brager wrote: On 7/21/2012 10:47 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 20.07.2012 23:50, Andrew Brager wrote: Nevermind, I figured it out. In case anyone else has a similar desire and wants to know... I simply select all the rows I want to belong to a group, add a border

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Tom Davies
Hi :) That is true.  So why not use the fastest route to get the required result and stick with spreadsheeting for now?  Definitely a good idea to start vaguely thinking about moving to a database program when timeresources permits.  Base is not yet ready for masses and does take some fairly

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Andrew Brager
Exactly Tom. With Calc, setup cost and time is next to zero, with data entry not much more. With Base setup cost and time is non-negligible and data entry is much more time (and therefore real dollar cost) consuming as each field needs to be filled in by hand when using a form. With a

[libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 22.07.2012 16:19, Tom Davies wrote: Hi :) That is true. So why not use the fastest route to get the required result and stick with spreadsheeting for now? Definitely a good idea to start vaguely thinking about moving to a database program when timeresources permits. Base is not yet ready

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Andrew Brager
On 7/22/2012 10:34 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Enter raw data into a spreadsheet (Excel, Gnumeric, Calc, whatever), a text editor, some dBase application, a true database, whatever. Connect a Base document to the tabular data source and design a report. But that's the point isn't it. I've got

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-22 Thread Tom Davies
as more devs work on it.  Anyway, just my 2cents again Regards from Tom :)  --- On Sun, 22/7/12, Andrew Brager apb3...@bak.rr.com wrote: From: Andrew Brager apb3...@bak.rr.com Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc To: users@global.libreoffice.org Date: Sunday, 22 July, 2012, 19

[libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-21 Thread Andreas Säger
Am 20.07.2012 23:50, Andrew Brager wrote: Nevermind, I figured it out. In case anyone else has a similar desire and wants to know... I simply select all the rows I want to belong to a group, add a border around it all, and insert a row above the box I just made. The inserted box contains the

Re: [libreoffice-users] Re: Labeling in Calc

2012-07-21 Thread Andrew Brager
On 7/21/2012 10:47 AM, Andreas Säger wrote: Am 20.07.2012 23:50, Andrew Brager wrote: Nevermind, I figured it out. In case anyone else has a similar desire and wants to know... I simply select all the rows I want to belong to a group, add a border around it all, and insert a row above the box