On Thursday March 9 2006 12:16 am, Barbara Samson wrote:
> I want to create a merge document using data that I have in a Calc
> spreadsheet. I know that to do this I need to create a database with the
> spreadsheet as a datasource. I cannot seem to do this. I can create a
> new Base database and register it, but when I go into edit->database all
> options are grayed out. I need some way of associating this database
> with the spreadsheet. I have read that it is necessary to not be in
> "Design View" and that there should be an icon I can click to get out of
> Design View, but there is no such icon. The latest users manual only
> describes how to export a data source in OO 1.x.
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Barbara Samson
What you want to do is explained in the Getting Started Guide for
version 2.0.x. It is in the Getting Started with Base chapter. Use this
link:
http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/index.html.
This chapter's Table of Contents has "Accessing spreadsheets" and a link to
the information you want.
Dan
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