-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 17:45, jomali wrote: > On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, [email protected] < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: >> >>> On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Greetings All, >>>> >>>> I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it >>>> right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had >>>> never opened Base. The subject line was going to read, "Did Base not >>>> come with Ubuntu?" because there was no way to start it. I played with >>>> Synaptic, though, and now have access to Base. In starting my first >>>> file, it immediately asks me, "Do you want the wizard to register the >>>> database in OpenOffice.org?" My question is, Why would I want to do >>>> that? I answered No because I don't really see the need. Would one (or >>>> more) of you more experienced users please enlighten me? Many TIA! >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> If it's an address database then Open Office can use that for mailing >>> labels and such like... >>> >>> >> I do not see the database as an option in my Ubuntu version of OOo. >> It is grayed out of the menu screen. >> >> <snip> >> > > As I recall, Ubuntu ships a version of go-oo without the Base component. > You have to install the full version to get Base. > > Jomali >
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