Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Base Compatibility

2015-01-09 Thread Rich Shepard
On Fri, 9 Jan 2015, Fred James wrote: > Would CSV files help? I think MS Office can still handle CSV files Fred, Nope. No different than an .xls file. Thinking about the situation, it makes sense because I've been told that M$ Access is a flatfile meant as a front end to a relational database

Re: [PLUG] LibreOffice Base Compatibility

2015-01-09 Thread Fred James
Rich Shepard wrote: > For a couple of applications where other participants are stuck behind > Windows the LO Base application is more appropriate for data storage, > manipulation, and retrieval than are spreadsheets. Has anyone here > experience with sharing the Base data files with others who

[PLUG] LibreOffice Base Compatibility

2015-01-09 Thread Rich Shepard
For a couple of applications where other participants are stuck behind Windows the LO Base application is more appropriate for data storage, manipulation, and retrieval than are spreadsheets. Has anyone here experience with sharing the Base data files with others who use M$ Office? A Web sea