On Thu January 26 2006 04:16, + Alistair Tweed wrote: > I have downloaded and installed OpenOffice and I would like to create a > database. I have created the table and a form, but I cannot enter data. I > am not sure if I need a 'data source' or not because the help menu doesn't > explain things very clearly. And even on the page 'create a data source > from scratch' ( > http://documentation.openoffice.org/HOW_TO/data_source/data1_EN.html#Create >) it isn't clear. When it says Select the *Tools-Data Source menu*, what > does it mean? What program are we using? OpenOffice Base, Writer? I have > also found that in the help part of the program it says similar things, > such as:
As you are not subscribed you may not have seen that: On Thu January 26 2006 09:22, Keith Bates wrote: > > If you start at File- New- Database that will get you started with > creating the database... you can also create forms, queries and > reports from that database window. > > Once you have the database created, from any document you can view any > database component by pressing F4 (that's the view data source bit) > > Open Office has very powerful database functions. It has an inbuilt > database engine as well as the ability to connect to other database > engines using ODBC and JDBC. > > The inbuilt engine has only come in with version 2 and everything to do > with databases has changed. I suspect some of the help files still > relate to v. 1.x > > Hope that's enough to get you going. If not, ask away! Please reply to [email protected] only. -- CPH : openoffice.org contributor Maybe your question has been answered already? http://user-faq.openoffice.org/#FAQ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
