On Wed, 2005-11-02 at 12:40 -0800, John Boyle wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > > >On Wednesday 02 November 2005 01:02 pm, John Boyle wrote: > > > > > >>To users: I have java 1.4.2, will that hinder me in trying to start my > >>first database or not? Again, how do I create a phone-book database? :-) > >> > >> > > > > Using 1.4.2 may or may not cause problems with creating a simple > >phone-book database. I would recomment you download and install the 1.5 > >version of java. > > You again ask how to create this database. Have you read the Getting > >Started with Base chapter that I mentioned in an earlier email to this list > >in reply to your earlier email? Again, it is available from this web page: > >http://documentation.openoffice.org/manuals/index.html. > > In the "OOoAuthors Guides" section for OpenOffice.org 2.x section on > > that > >page is the hyperlink: "List of chapters". Click that link. It will take you > >to a web page with a list of all 17 chapters of the Getting Started Guide. > >Download the chapter on Base (Getting Started with Base). Following its > >instructions you should be able to create the phone-book database you want. > > > >Dan > > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > >To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > To Users: I NOW have Java 1.5 and have downloaded both Chap. 10 on > creating Databases, plus the entire PDF manual for future use. Sorry, I > am a bit slow on this. What I will probably do, to preclude computer > eraser is print out the manual. Ironically, I own the resource manual on > 1,XXX, still! >
The differences are not that great that you need to print out the big manual as it is an update in progress of the 1.1.x guide. Some of the terminology is different but not a lot. The big changes are in the database area. You may find the OOoAuthors guide sufficient. -- PLEASE KEEP MESSAGES ON THE LIST. OpenOffice.org Documentation Co-Lead http://documentation.openoffice.org/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
