Gregory Forster wrote:
Thunderbird works superbly with OpenOffice and is very easy to integrate. First question is, Which version of OpenOffice are you using? the reason I ask is because the older versions do not specify Thunderbird, but the newer ones do. The older versions will work just as well with Thunderbird, they just require s few extra steps. I use OpenOffice 2.0.3 and Thunderbird 1.5.0.8
Once in OpenOffice, at the top menu bar, Click File/Wizards/Address Data Source. A
pop-up will appear asking different types off data sources. The newer versions of
OpenOffice (2.0.2, 2.0.3, etc.) specify Thunderbird as a data source. With older
versions of OpenOffice, you must select "Other". Then, folllow the prompts.
OpenOffice will ask you which address book to use within Thunderbird. I have several
different Address Books, so just choose the Personal. OpenOffice will default to
Personal when you click the data source icon, but you can always change to a different
Address Book once you're in. The only disadvantage about using Thunderbird, is that
Thunderbird does not have a calendar built in. You can add a calendar as an extension to
Thunderbird, but how that works within OpenOffice, I have no idea. Or you can have a
stand alone calendar - Mozilla's Sunbird. That is, if yo
u require a calendar. If you don't require a calendar, Thunderbird's address
books
integrate quite nicely with OpenOffice.
Greg
CPHennessy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu October 26 2006 15:07, + Lynn Nash
wrote:
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Can the Thunderbird "contacts list" be made to work with OpenOffice in the
same fashion as Outlook/Entourage functions with MS Office/MSWord?
I'd really like to switch to OpenOffice but the contact list integrated
function in MS Office would be tough to do without.
I think that this is supported. You can download OOo to test.
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