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On Tuesday 24 October 2006 10:38 am, Stephen Jones wrote:
> I know this is supposed to be directed to your support forums but
> that is not the point. I am trying to say that the lack of any
> basic tutorial makes the dataBase software impossible to negotiate.
>
> I am trying to understand how to use Open Office dataBase, but I am
> finding the existing level of help opaque to the point of
> impossible. I am a newcomer, I do not have any experience with
> databases. and so I do not know what tables, queries, etc, really
> mean. for example tables in Writer are simply a table as in html
> but in Base they are clearly something quite different but there is
> no obvious description of what they are. Also having persevered for
> a little while I find that when I make up the headings for the
> table I cannot then come back and insert a new row where I want it
> to go, it will only go at the end which is pretty useless.
>
> I've tried working with the bibliography database but I cannot find
> out how to make any of the changes stick when I type in the details
> of a new entry.
>
> To put it plainly. I need a basic introduction to your database
> system, with terms explained etc, and where you don't assume that
> the user is already a master of the topic. The problem is you all
> know how to use the stuff, but the average person out here in user
> space doesn't have the background and needs to be given some sort
> of entry point to any of the topics. I'm sure the problem will be
> the same when I tackle Impress or Calc.
>
> Stephen Jones
May I suggest you download some of the manuals that are
available. http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/oooauthors2/
has a list of manuals that should help. Look specifically in the
Getting Started section. There are individual chapters that you can
download. These should help.
Also look for tutorials and How to documentation at the bottom of
http://documentation.openoffice.org/.
When you begin to tackle Impress, I have a presentation on my web
site which describes how to create a simple presentation. Let me know
then, and I will send the URL to it.
Dan
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