This is a draft copy of the Getting Started with Base chapter: http://delewis.com/OOo/GettingStartedWithBase_DL_26Oct05.odt. The bottom of page 17 through part of page 18 have instructions on using the Control icon. As soon as it is reviewed and approved, it will become part of the Getting Started Guide for OOo. Just to make sure you are not confused in this matter, the Control icon is not the same thing as the Ctrl key on the keyboard. The Control icon opens the Properties window when you are editing. There are many changes that can be made from the Properties window. What I wrote in this chapter is how to change the Label for a field in a database form. Working within the Properties window for a while, you should become comfortable with what most of the controls in the Properties window. Warning: do this on a test file rather than a real one. Once you are comfortable with making changes in the test file, it will be safe to make the same changes in one that has real data in it.
Dan On Thursday 27 October 2005 04:00 am, Richard Martin wrote: > Excellent - thats it. > > Thanks so much - I didnt even know the ctrl button did anything on these > pages. > > Are there any How-Tos yet for this sort of Base stuff about? > > Thanks again for your help - very much appreciated > > Richard > > Dan Lewis wrote: > >On Wednesday 26 October 2005 10:48 am, Richard Martin wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>I have a form in OO Base where one of the fields in the table is of size > >>MEMO [LONGTEXT] i.e. I want to put some instructions on how to do > >>something in there. But I cannot seem to resize the field in the form in > >>order for the test to wrap onto the next line and to start from the top > >>of the field. Also I cant press enter in the field without saving the > >>record and moving onto the next one. > >> > >>Any ideas? > >> > >>Cheers > >>Richard > > > > You need to edit that field. > >1. Right click the form name in the Form section of the main page of the > >database. > >2. Select Edit. > >3. Control+right click the field. This should put 8 little green boxes > > around that field. > >4. Right click the field or click the Control icon in the Forms Control > >Toolbar at the bottom. > >5. If you right clicked on the field, select Control from the context > > menu. 6. In the General tab, "Text type" is located near the bottom. > > Change the "single line" setting to "multiline." > >7. If you want a scroll bar, that setting is below "Text type". > >8. Close the Properties window. > >9. Save and close the form. > > This should do it. > > > >Dan > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
