but not access... On 1 February 2015 at 18:00, P. . <[email protected]> wrote: > this comes with office student edition 2013 pre-installed: > > http://www.asus.com/us/Notebooks_Ultrabooks/ASUS_Transformer_Book_T100TA/ > > > > In any case, Windows 7 and windows 8.1 (not windows 8) will be > eligible for a free upgrade to windows 10. If you are short in disk > space, buy ad external hard disk for 50 bucks (toshiba...), good also > to save your important files twice. > > On 1 February 2015 at 15:45, Wiebe van der Worp <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi lalitadatta >> >> What Tom writes below are very good points. I can understand that it may be >> a bit too much detail but it is valuable information for the school >> involved. It really puzzles me why schools teach concepts based on MS with a >> lock in policy while there is so much better software available for free as >> in freedom and price, running on almost every operating system and being >> implemented on large scale in a professional environment. In short: Software >> you want students to work with. >> >> In my opinion you would do the school, the parents and not at least the >> students a favour by handing over this mail to the school/teacher involved. >> >> Having said that, my daughter is using OpenOffice and LibreOffice for 9 >> years now. She is starting with her master and never used MS Office - >> despite all efforts of the schools and universities to force her into MS >> Office - for example by mandating MS Word style sheets for a thesis. >> >> The school/teacher is welcome on this list or personal if questions arise >> and I really hope you hand this over though it does not answer your question >> directly. >> >> Concerning hardware in addition to what is said by others: Don't expect >> miracles from the T100 but it should be able to do the job. Lack of internal >> memory will force your daughter in time to move larger files to a usb-disk >> or stick - i.e. movies in paticular. There are also models with more memory, >> 64GB. You may want to (let someone) remove all unneeded pre-installed >> software you get for "free" since this will free memory and increases >> performance. >> >> Best regards, Wiebe >> >> >> On 29-01-15 16:18, Tom Davies wrote: >>> >>> Hi :) >>> Sorry to say that Access is not compatible with almost any other >>> database program. Even down to the sql language under the surface of >>> the Queries it is different from all the rest. >>> >>> Access is also very restricted in what it can do and how it can be >>> used - for example it only supports single user input at a time rather >>> than being able to handle multiple users. Some of it's restrictions >>> can be by-passed if you dig deep enough but it's probably better to >>> use something that is designed to be "the right tool for the job" >>> rather than to twist Access outside of it's comfort-zone. If she >>> learns how to use Access that way then she will be amazed how easy it >>> is to use any of the others later in life. >>> >>> However it is still good to learn. There are key concepts and >>> generalities that are the same or very similar. Those concepts are >>> often difficult for people to grasp. It's possibly easier to >>> understand some of it if you have watched "The Matrix". >>> >>> >>> The main problem would be with trying to use any example files she is >>> given or that she builds on Access. >>> >>> It might be possible for her to use Base to do some of her exercises >>> but most of it will take some initiative to adapt what they ask for in >>> order to fit. >>> >>> For example Base is best when used with an external back-end but for >>> the exercises she will probably be better off using the internal >>> back-end. Anything teaching about Access probably wont mention >>> back-end vs front-end at all - which is one reason why it might be >>> handy to have watched "The Matrix" (but only to get the rough idea of >>> what it's about rather than needing to watch toooo closely - mostly >>> the bit about the cat and the spoon). >>> >>> Regards from >>> Tom :) >>> >>> >>> On 29 January 2015 at 13:45, lalitadatta <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi, >>>> My daughter's in need of Microsoft access for her homework - she's >>>> studying >>>> computer >>>> technology at high school, and she needs Access for coding. Anyone knows >>>> if >>>> liber office should do the job? >>>> Thanks in advance. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: >>>> http://nabble.documentfoundation.org/compatibility-with-Microsoft-Access-tp4138053.html >>>> Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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
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