However, MS Access has formatting support - so why not LibO Base? If there truly is no support for this, then this could be filed as an enhancement on FDO (our bug tracker). On 8 May 2013 20:31, "Tom Davies" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi :) > Only in Forms and Reports. Not in the data (Tables) or in the Queries. > > I haven't used Base yet and don't really know so this is just guessing > from my impression of what goes on ... > I think you are meant to use Writer or Calc to "connect to" or "link to" > the Queries in Base. Then you use fields in much the way you would "mail > merge". That means you can apply normal formatting to the fields or the > text and stuff around that in the rest of the Writer or Calc document. > > Does this link describe how to do that? > http://forum.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=75&t=18511 > > > There was this link on the main LibreOffice website > http://www.libreoffice.org/features/base/ > > > I hope to start reading this quick guide or handbook that is in the > process of being translated from the original that was written in German > > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook > The chapter "Linking to Databases" is the other way around. It's about > using external tables in MySql or PostgreSQL rather than having the tables > in the internal back-end. > > I get confused around then but i think Base then 'just' has the queries > and the relationships between the tables. Then Base feeds into Forms and > Reports created in Writer. So Base is a bit like a bridge? > Regards from > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > >________________________________ > > From: anne-ology <[email protected]> > >To: Antonio Canela <[email protected]> > >Cc: [email protected] > >Sent: Wednesday, 8 May 2013, 20:01 > >Subject: re. Italics and bold in BASE > > > > > > > > yes, this is possible. > > > > And you may subscribe to this list by sending a message to > [email protected] > > > > > > Hopefully, someone on this list will respond to your request; I'm > using an older version, so my information will possibly not be pertinent to > you. > > > > > > BTW - there are various lists for various languages, so if English > is not your native tongue, you might be want to join the list suited to you. > > > > > > > > > > > >Hello, > > > >I´m a Libreoffice user and I´d like to use italics and bold in Base. Is it > >possible? It would be so important to me. > > > >Soy un usuario de Libreoffice y me gustaría usar la cursiva y negrita en > el > >programa Base. > > > >Thanks in advance, > >Antonio Canela > > > > > > > > > -- > 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/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- 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/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
