Re: [libreoffice-users] Query

Hi :)
Can Base directly connect to a Lotus Approach database and use it as
the back-end?

@Ernest, Have you still got access to the old Windows and thus the
Lotus Approach directly or was this an upgrade (or a machine exchange
or some sort)?  I take it you exported the data as a ".csv" file and
that is what is looking like a flat spreadsheet?

Alan B's way of making a form sounds like the best as it should allow
easy data-entry.  If you need people to be able to access it in only
read mode then it might be good to make a form in Writer so that they
have all the tools they are familiar with

Regards from
Tom :)

On 19 January 2014 13:31, Alan B <aboba0@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Jan 19, 2014 at 6:15 AM, Ernest Dale <ernest.dale18@gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > ... I appear to have succeeded but the result
> > is what looks like a spreadsheet and I cannot find a way to display one
> > record at a time.
>
> As already suggested filtering can limit the number of rows that are
> displayed. If you prefer to see the data in a form (which shows only one
> record at a time regardless of filtering) rather than what appears to be a
> row in a spreadsheet...
>
> 1. Open your LO Base database.
> 2. Select "Forms" from the column of icons on the left side of the window
> 3. In Tasks, near the center top of the window, select either option. I
> suggest selecting "Use Wizard to Create Form..."
> 4. Use the options in the Wizard to create a form that displays one record
> at a time.
>     -- Form arrangement options are in step 5 of the form wizard. Chose any
> "Arrangement of the main form" options *except* "As Data Sheet"
>
>
> > ... I could do with
> > a simpler manual than the one I have found on the web which is hundreds of
> > pages long and I cannot copy the sections which look as thought they might
> > be helpful. Can you help?
> > Ernest Dale
> >
> > <ernest.dale18@gmail.com>
>
>
> If you haven't already found this link
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Guide
> it connects to several varieties of documentation. A full manual which you
> apparently found and several smaller guides as well.
>
> I don't have any idea what is causing your problem "...I cannot copy the
> sections..." The link provided above goes to user guides in both PDF and
> ODT format. Individual pages can be printed from any of these documents.
> And, anything in those documents can be copied using the usual method
> - select with mouse
> - right click selection
> - click copy
> - go to destination
> - paste copied text/image into destination
>
> --
> Alan
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