On Tuesday April 17 2007 9:05 pm, PSC Inc wrote:
> Donald:
> I've looked around OpenOffice a bit, and I've failed to find a
> contact manager. What am I missing? The address book in
> Thunderbird is a great tool, but has no fields for actual snail
> addresses.
> Must I create a database in Base?
> Best,
> WJ Seidl
That is what I have done. In fact, I have seven address tables in
my database. Once you have created and filled in the address
database, you can then access the addresses using the F4 key.
Dan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Donald H Locker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8:54 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Subject: Re: [users] Re: Microsoft Publisher Equivilent
>
> In my opinion, (for what it's worth) I'd rather have several
> different tools,
> each of which performs its duties well, than one tool that does
> everything in a
> mediocre manner. Which is to say, I'd rather have OOo stay as
> simple as possible, and use special-purpose tools for DTP, Database
> management, email,
>
> calendar and contact management, etc.
>
> Write, Calc and Draw are the minimum for an office suite. Impress
> is a good
>
> addition. Base is a bit much, since it has little to share with
> the rest, nearly as I can tell. Beyond that, the applications are
> far to diverse to fall
> within the normal "Office Automation" spectrum. It would be nice
> if they would
> all use and ODF, but that will take time, I expect.
>
> Donald.
>
>
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