At 13:46 25/05/2009 -0500, Clifton Liles wrote:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
2009/5/24 Drew Jensen <[email protected]>:
Dotan Cohen wrote:
When creating new databases with Base, one of the steps is to
"register the database in OpenOffice.org". To the casual end
user, this sounds like creating an association between the
database files and some website. Before I file an issue on this,
I would like to hear the list's opinion on how the wording could
be improved.
one idea.
"Register this database as data source for other OpenOffice.org
modules?"
Excellent, as it explains how the registration affects the user and
gives and advantage. Thanks!
This may be a better statement, but I still don't understand what it
means. Could someone post a description of just what happens if you say yes?
When you are working with a text document or spreadsheet, you can go
to View | Data Sources (or F4) to display databases that are
registered as data sources. You can then incorporate material from
these databases into your text or spreadsheet document. This is
particularly useful in mail merge or label creation, of course.
You can register databases for this purpose at Tools | Options... |
OpenOffice.org Base | Databases. Alternatively you can reach the
same dialogue by right-clicking in the left panel of the Data Sources
window and selecting "Registered databases...".
The step described above, which appears when you are creating a new
database, merely allows you to take this option at that point. Oh,
and I agree that the current wording is unclear.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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