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 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 >>> Synaptic, though, and now have access to Base. In starting my first >>> file, it immediately asks me, "Do you want the wizard to register the >>> database in OpenOffice.org?" My question is, Why would I want to do >>> that? I answered No because I don't really see the need. Would one (or >>> more) of you more experienced users please enlighten me? Many TIA! >>> >>> >>> >> If it's an address database then Open Office can use that for mailing >> labels and such like... >> >> > I do not see the database as an option in my Ubuntu version of OOo. > It is grayed out of the menu screen. > > <snip> > As I recall, Ubuntu ships a version of go-oo without the Base component. You have to install the full version to get Base. Jomali
