On Wed, 2006-01-18 at 14:16 -0300, Victor Rafael Rivarola wrote: > Dan Lewis wrote: > > On Tuesday 17 January 2006 08:36 am, Victor Rafael Rivarola wrote: > >>No, I am not asking for thee timeline for the next release. I am asking > >>for a way to make my own timelines for my own events. > >> > >>I did look on the previous messages to this list and on the > >>openoffice.org web page and on this list. As far as I could tell, the > >>answer tto my question is no. Did I missed it? > >> > >>Jesus bless you all, > >> > >>Víctor Rafael Rivarola > > > > Please explain what you mean by a timeline for your own events. > > > > Dan > > Ok, Dan. Sorry I didn't made myself clear. > > I need something to graph this ficticious data: > > Supose that King John lived 19 years when his son Mathew was born. > Afterwards, he lived for 55 years, and then John died. > > Mathew lived for 21 years before his child James was born, Then he lived > for 23 more years before he was murdered. > > James lived for 37 years before his son Oliver was born. Then he lived > for another 32 years, and died. > > How do I graph this? Like Jeff said, a wedding would also contain this > sort of data, as would any event or project being planned. Ivo's > examples where perfect, and exactly what I am looking for. > > I will look at Immendio Planner, thanks Ivo. > > RLShadow, yes Microsoft Project would fit the bill, except for (a) I > don't own it and (b) I use Linux. > > I was hoping to use OpenOffice.org for my timeline, as I already have > all my data in Calc.
If it is genealogy data that you have, may I suggest you look at the GRAMPS package. It runs under Linux and will also generate reports into a range of formats include OpenOffice.org formats (not ODF as yet). Regards Jonathon -- OOo Tips: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au/tips.rss OOo Knowledgebase: http://mindmeld.cybersite.com.au Training4Linux: http://www.training4linux.com Cybersite Consulting: http://www.cybersite.com.au --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
