Re: [users] Why register Db? - thanks for the thread support

2010-08-01 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 02:04 PM, Tanstaafl wrote: webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Today was the first time anyone has ever given me these instructions, the ones listed on the site. How long have I been asking for this kind of help? Feb 2010 or earlier? This is the *generic* ooo-users

[users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Earl Melton
Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had never opened Base. The subject line was going to read, Did Base not come with Ubuntu? because there was no way to start it. I played with

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had never opened Base. The subject line was going to read, Did Base not come with Ubuntu? because there

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had never opened Base. The subject line was

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Earl Melton
Thanks Gordon, On 07/30/2010 11:12 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: If it's an address database then Open Office can use that for mailing labels and such like... So would you say there is really no reason -- privacy, security, or otherwise -- to [not] register it? IOW, nobody besides me

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 30/07/10 17:28, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread RA Brown
Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I have often used OOo Writer and Calc in Windows, I had never opened Base. The subject line was going to read, Did Base not come with Ubuntu? because there was no way to

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
On 30/07/10 17:36, Earl Melton wrote: Thanks Gordon, On 07/30/2010 11:12 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: If it's an address database then Open Office can use that for mailing labels and such like... So would you say there is really no reason -- privacy, security, or otherwise -- to

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread jomali
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum. Hope I do it right. While I

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread jomali
On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:36 PM, Earl Melton earlemel...@yahoo.com wrote: Thanks Gordon, On 07/30/2010 11:12 AM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: If it's an address database then Open Office can use that for mailing labels and such like... So would you say there is really no reason --

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 17:45, jomali wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Earl Melton
Hi webmaster, On 07/30/2010 11:28 AM, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I do not see the database as an option in my Ubuntu version of OOo. It is grayed out of the menu screen. I marked and applied something in Synaptic Package Manager that made it available. Not certain now, but it may

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:50 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 17:45, jomali wrote: On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 12:28 PM, webmas...@krackedpress.com webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote:

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 18:34, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 01:31 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: snip Follow these instructions to get the latest version )3.2.1) from Open Office org: http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164 Today was

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Earl Melton
Many thanks to Andy, Gordon, Jomali, and all who assured me that registering a Db is not a problem., but rather is beneficial. Will not hesitate to do so in the future. I sure hadn't thought of it in the sense of the Windows registry. -- Have a blessed day! Earl --

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 18:24, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: I wish they would put some indicator that they are using go-oo office suite instead of seeing the Splash Screen showing Openoffice.org and the Oracle name. That is where is gets confusing. I

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Tanstaafl
webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: Today was the first time anyone has ever given me these instructions, the ones listed on the site. How long have I been asking for this kind of help? Feb 2010 or earlier? This is the *generic* ooo-users list. If you want specific instructions for a specif

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 01:31 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: snip Follow these instructions to get the latest version )3.2.1) from Open Office org: http://www.muktware.com/news/08/2010/164 Today was the first time anyone has ever given me these instructions, the ones listed on the site. How

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread webmas...@krackedpress.com
On 07/30/2010 12:39 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 17:28, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl Melton wrote: Greetings All, I am new to Linux and this is my first post to the forum.

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 18:05, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:39 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 17:28, webmas...@krackedpress.com wrote: On 07/30/2010 12:12 PM, Gordon Burgess-Parker wrote: On 30/07/10 16:56, Earl

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Johnny Rosenberg
2010/7/30 Gordon Burgess-Parker gor...@gbpcomputing.co.uk: The default Ubuntu install doesn't include Base. (That's what you should have looked for in Synaptic). However, the Ubuntu install ALSO has a huge bug that doesn't allow external Addressbook sources to be used as registered databases.

Re: [users] Why register Db?

2010-07-30 Thread Gordon Burgess-Parker
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 30/07/10 19:15, Johnny Rosenberg wrote: I am not 100% sure about the reason why Base is missing in the Ubuntu version, but it could be that Ubuntu is supposed to be quick to install and perhaps they don't include things they don't think people