On 18/08/11 17:45, Alexander Thurgood wrote:
In LibreOffice 3.3.2, Base on Debian stable, I am attempting to change
the field name labels of a given form. Using some of the OOo and LibO
tutorials I have found, apparently this *should* be a process of:
Yes, it should work this way, if it doesn't then there is a bug
somewhere, either in your configuration files, or the version of
LibreOffice that you are using (Debian or LibreOffice download versions
btw ??)
Alex,
Thanks for your input. This is a Deb package.
Is there an additional set of plug-ins or package that I am supposed to
install to make this functional, because right now I am sitting with a
database that has field name labels that are drawn directly from those I
entered in the table and want to make these more user friendly in the form.
You could try using the "Form Navigator" (look in the icons of the Form
Design toolbar). Open it up, and you should see a list of all of the
objects on your form in alphabetical order. Double-click on the label
you want to edit, you should be able to delete and rewrite the label
with the string of characters that you want. Click on any other object
in the list or outside of the Form Navigator window to make your changes
stick then save the form to write them into the file.
I have enabled the "Form Design" toolbar from the main View menu.
Nothing happens ... no toolbar. If I enable "Form Navigator" from the
menu, then the toolbar itself is greyed out.
In addition to this, the data entry form (formed using wizard with no
additional coding) does not show any facility for entering new records.
IIRC, Access forms used to have little next/ previous and counter
buttons at the bottom left hand side of the form. Does LibO Base have
anything similar?
If so, and these are not showing up as default on my system - and
seemingly are not fixable using the menu options - I'm thinking that
LibO Base seems "broken" on my system. If I'm the only one affected,
then this may well be a Deb specific issue. Let me try there& I will
update this for the record if I obtain resolution.