TechTarget.com Article: Connecting to Existing Data Sources Like Spreadsheets

I'm cleaning up my blog's sidebar areas, and categorizing posts. This post is one of the results--linking directly to an article on TechTarget.com.

This is an article on creating an OpenOffice.org datasource that''s actually just a spreadsheet, text file, or address book.

See also the articles on forms in the new OpenOffice.org 2.0 database tool: part 1 and part 2.

See also part 1 and part 2 of an article about creating databases in the new database tool in OpenOffice.org 2.0, and the article on  views in OpenOffice.org 2.0.

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Tags: OpenOffice, open office, open office, open source, training, openoffice training, openoffice.org training, linux, education, databases

Comments

[Charlie Braun]

I have read your article about views in the OpenOffice 2.0 Base. But, we found a really simple way to select a few records from our datasource (simple spreadsheet) to merge into an RFQ letter.
The spreadsheet holds all our preferred suppliers and once the datasource view was selected - the letter showing on the bottom, the datasource on the top - then you could select the suppliers you wanted by clicking (multiple by clicking with the CTRL key down). After clicking mail merge and print, you could send just those selected records to the printer.

Can't figure out how to do this simply in the new OpenOffice.

Thanks,
Charlie

[Kathy]

I need a SIMPLE 1 or 2 page template for writing a request for quotation. HELP