------Original Message------ From: Tim Johnson To: [email protected] ReplyTo: [email protected] Subject: Re: [users] Building an address book in ubuntu 10.04 Sent: Aug 14, 2010 7:34 PM
* Brian Barker <[email protected]> [100814 15:32]: > 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) :) indeed, it is a .csv file. > 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. Thanks Brian, this should help me to get started. regards -- Tim tim at johnsons-web.com or akwebsoft.com http://www.akwebsoft.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] Ezra Sent from Lime BlackBerry®.
