On Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:04:08 -0500 Drew Jensen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dijo:
> John Jason Jordan wrote: > > I have a comma-separated data file and I can open it with OOo 2.3, but it > > opens as a Calc file. I need to add it as a table to an existing Base file > > in OOo 2.3/Linux. I can't find any way to do that. > First question - Are you using the Ubuntu supplied version of > OpenOffice.org and if so have you updated to the latest using adept? > Second question - Are you using the SUN JRE? Yes to both. I have just about given up completely using OOo for this project. The new version of Base has so many problems and limitations that it is unusable. I also have OOo 2.3 on Windows and it cannot access the MS Access database either. It almost does, but throws an error at the last minute. It also cannot open the .csv file in Base - it will open it only in Calc. And you're supposed to be able to drag the table from Calc or copy and paste from Calc into Base, but that also does not work (on either platform). At the moment I am trying to switch to KOffice because Kexi (the database) works far better than Base. It opened the MS Access file perfectly. Unfortunately, OOo cannot read an SQLite file (the Kexi file format) either, so my only option is KWord. Right now I'm trying to figure out the KWord user interface to mail merge (almost as unintuitive as Base). I used to use OOo/Linux to merge data directly from the Access .mdb file and it always worked beautifully. I guess someone decided it wasn't broke so it was time to fix it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
