> You can easily get data into Base...but you won't > find it by looking for a File > Import command.
Actually, it applies to CALC as well as BASE. The import CSV form I like is not under CALC's "File > Import," menu but under "Insert > Sheet from File..." where the "type of file" is "Text CSV (.csv, .txt or .xls)". The delimiter form is "context sensitive" and only appears if you have specified a file with one of the allowable extensions, on the insert sheet from file menu. Not illogical, but not the usual place either. Because it is context sensitive, a reviewer would not find the delimiter form if they were just exploring the menu tree to see what features OpenOffice.org BASE offered. Jim Callahan Orlando, FL On Dec 5, 2007 7:38 AM, Ariel Constenla-Haile < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello people, > > as Jean Hollis Weber[1] is leaving the Doc. Project, I took a look at > her blogs and web sites. There I found a "funny" link to > > > http://searchenterpriselinux.techtarget.com/tip/0,289483,sid39_gci1226457,00.html > > it starts in very "funny" way: > "I think somebody on the OpenOffice.org database development team has a > mystery fetish. He or she read too many murder mysteries or hardboiled > detective novels early in life or worked for too many years as the White > House Easter Egg hunt director. Whatever the reason, this apparent > fetish shows up in the Base module." > > As it is form 10.30.2006, it's a little out-dated: concerning some > things the author says > > "The best mail merge tool isn't on any of the menus...you have to hunt > it down and add it. You can easily get data into Base...but you won't > find it by looking for a File > Import command. And if you want to get > data out of Base....well, it's possible, but certainly not under > anything as logical as File > Export." > > now we have menu/toolbar merging, and the API for the CopyTableWizard... > > > > Regards > Ariel > > > [1] http://www.taming-openoffice-org.com/newsite/?page_id=2 > http://opendocumentfellowship.com/node/226 > > -- > Ariel Constenla-Haile > La Plata, Argentina > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > http://www.arielconstenlahaile.com.ar/ooo/ > > > > "Aus der Kriegsschule des Lebens > - Was mich nicht umbringt, > macht mich härter." > Nietzsche Götzendämmerung, Sprüche und Pfeile, 8. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
