Hi :) There is documentation on how to use Base here; https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications#LibreOffice_Base_Handbook and an Faq whole section at https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Faq Generally it is better to have a separate "back-end" to store the data in tables. Then set Base (or whatever) to use that back-end. Base is set-up to prefer doing things that way, which is handy. The back-end could be on a network server or other weird and useful places. Typical programs to use as a back-end are dedicated programs such as Postgresql, MySql/MariaDb or something smaller and faster. There are tons of options but if you are starting from fresh then it might well be worth going with Postgresql because they have worked very closely with TDF to make sure they work well together. It does mean the database is then 2 files but the normal users don't really need to know that and may never know about it at all. They just see the Base file and use that. This means you can have many different programs all accessing the back-end. So NeoOffice as the front-end on the Mac should be able to use the Postgresql back-end and then you'd be using Base as your front-end. Actually it gets even better because with Base you can choose to use internal Forms and Reports or your can use Writer. Sadly from Writer doesn't let you put new information into the database. You would need a Base Form or Report to put data in. However for just looking up or using data the normal users could be using Writer and be happily in their familiar environment without a hint of scary database-design tools. Regards from Tom :) On 12 November 2014 15:59, V Stuart Foote <VStuart.Foote@utsa.edu> wrote:
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