At 14:42 14/08/2010 -0800, Tim Johnson wrote:
My wife and I both use ubuntu 10.04. She has recently transitioned
from Windows XP. I am a long-time linux user and programmer, but
have not used OO that much. We backed up her contacts (address book)
from Outlook express as a .cvs file, and also - I believe -
a tab-delimited file.
She would like to have an address book that she can use from OO
Writer. I believe that the 'trick' is to create a Base table from
the .cvs file, but I would welcome URLs to some good howtos on that subject.
Creating a Base table from a .csv file (I imagine it is that - not
.cvs) is straightforward:
o Create your database in Base.
o Click Tables in the Database panel in Base.
o Open the .csv file in Calc.
o Select the region of the spreadsheet containing your data.
o Drag the data region from the spreadsheet to the Tables panel at
the bottom of the Base window.
o This brings up the "Copy table" dialogue, where you may select
from the various options.
I trust this helps.
Brian Barker
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