On 07/30/2010 12:50 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:
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On 30/07/10 17:45, jomali wrote:
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, [email protected]<
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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.
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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
No you can add Base from Synaptic.
I wish they would put some indicator that they are using "go-oo" office
suite instead of
seeing the Splash Screen showing Openoffice.org and the Oracle name.
That is where is gets confusing. I think I am using Openoffice.org, not
"go-oo" or "OxygenOffice"
or whatever. They need to tell you which version or who's version you
are using.
Now going to the go-oo web site's download page, Their generic download
used RPM and I
never learned what to do with them, just dealt with DEBs.
They also list that Ubuntu has their's on the repository and to use
# apt-get install openoffice.org
to get it. Well, the fun part is that Ubuntu installs a version of OOo
by default while it installs everything
else that is needed with a fresh install of that OS. So would doing the
"apt-get install" get me a version
with the Database or would I still have to install it with the package
manager?
I just want to get the newest version of OOo, but due to the constant
Applications "menu" problem
that comes up every time I try to update to the latest [now have 3.2.0]
I cannot delete the old OOo
menu links and use new one with the newest package. Even getting rid of
everything that is associated
with OOo by removing through Synaptic, still does not remove the menu
listings.
So you can see why I get to pull out what hair I have left when it comes
to OOo and Ubuntu.
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