On 08/18/2011 02:08 PM, AG wrote: > On 18/08/11 17:45, Alexander Thurgood wrote: >>> In LibreOffice 3.3.2, Base on Debian stable, I am attempting to change >>> the field name labels of a given form. Using some of the OOo and LibO >>> tutorials I have found, apparently this *should* be a process of: >> Yes, it should work this way, if it doesn't then there is a bug >> somewhere, either in your configuration files, or the version of >> LibreOffice that you are using (Debian or LibreOffice download versions >> btw ??) >> >> > > Alex, > > Thanks for your input. This is a Deb package. > >>> Is there an additional set of plug-ins or package that I am supposed to >>> install to make this functional, because right now I am sitting with a >>> database that has field name labels that are drawn directly from those I >>> entered in the table and want to make these more user friendly in the form. >> You could try using the "Form Navigator" (look in the icons of the Form >> Design toolbar). Open it up, and you should see a list of all of the >> objects on your form in alphabetical order. Double-click on the label >> you want to edit, you should be able to delete and rewrite the label >> with the string of characters that you want. Click on any other object >> in the list or outside of the Form Navigator window to make your changes >> stick then save the form to write them into the file. >> >> > > I have enabled the "Form Design" toolbar from the main View menu. > Nothing happens ... no toolbar. If I enable "Form Navigator" from the > menu, then the toolbar itself is greyed out. > > In addition to this, the data entry form (formed using wizard with no > additional coding) does not show any facility for entering new records. > IIRC, Access forms used to have little next/ previous and counter > buttons at the bottom left hand side of the form. Does LibO Base have > anything similar? > > If so, and these are not showing up as default on my system - and > seemingly are not fixable using the menu options - I'm thinking that > LibO Base seems "broken" on my system. If I'm the only one affected, > then this may well be a Deb specific issue. Let me try there & I will > update this for the record if I obtain resolution.
Possibly related to: <https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=36443> and <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/libreoffice/+bug/709778> You should try upgrading to 3.3.3. -- For unsubscribe instructions 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
