[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm a really newcomer to OOs and very inexperienced. I copied the file from
another's computer and just loaded it into Base and registered MSAccess and
there it was. Where would I get read/write permissions? I loaded OOs 2.0 from a
disc I purchased from you some time ago. What's my next step?
Your subject mentions "spreadsheet" but you refer to Base, which is
OOo's database application and is different to OOo's Calc (spreadsheet)
application.
Base requires that your tables have a primary key defined before you can
edit the data in a table. This allows each row to be uniquely addressed
when editing data in the table. The following may or may not work since
some of it can depend on the database connection type e.g. MS Access
that you use.
If you have one or more columns that will uniquely identify each row in
the table, e.g. if you have a column that contains a unique index number
for each row, then in Base open the table in Table Edit mode and select
those columns then right-click in the greyed area at the far left (row
header box) and select "Primary Key". If it's a single column of type
integer then you may want to make the column an "Autovalue" or an "Entry
Required" column.
If you don't have one column or a set of columns that can act as primary
key then you will need to add one, probably with type integer and
autovalue, and fill it initially with a sequence of values.
Don't forget to press F1 for additional help when you're doing this.
Ross
Morg
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