On Fri, 2014-12-19 at 14:00 +0100, Andreas Säger wrote: > Am 17.12.2014 um 00:16 schrieb Hedley Finger: > > All: > > > >> Why not stay with the advantages of LibreOffice instead of trying to make > >> it as hideous as MS Office!!? > > > > Can MS Office be more hideous than this? > > > > I decided to make a small database of bicycle spare parts in Calc, in which > > I would include a photo of each part as it's easier to scan a printout for > > a picture than look up words. > > > > Copying a graphic file from Gimp, etc. (or even another cell) and pasting > > into a cell produces these results: > > A spreadsheet is not a database. Pictures in a spreadsheet are mere > decoration. > LibreOffice comes with a database component that is able to link picture > files to form controls. A simple double-click on the form control lets > you assign a picture file to the report. > The report builder that is shipped with LibreOffice produces > professional database reports with pictures. >
...except that the report function (in the OpenSuse 13.2 Linux / LOVersion: 4.3.3.2 Build ID: 430m0(Build:2) configuration) is currently not working because the JavaLoader is missing.... (OpenSuse Bug 906688) Cheers Harvey -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
