Problems Creating Labels With Base

[Spunky]

Yes, there's another thread about this, and it was helpful until it was hijacked to another topic.

I double-click the .odb icon.

OpenOffice.org 2.0 opens the HSQL database engine.

I click on Tables under Database.

In the Tables field, an icon and label for the table I created with the software appears.

I highlight the name of the table I created.

Next, I've tried both File > New > Label from the base screen and from the open table, and either way, I receive the Labels pop-up screen.

On the Labels screen, I click the box to check Addresses, and use the drop down arrow under Databases to choose the name of the database I've created.

I cannot make a similar choice under Table. There are no choices in the drop down arrow field, and I cannot type in anything.

I am unable to proceed past this point.

Any help is greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
Brian

[MSPhobe]

I'm assuming that you want to create a sheet of mailing labels (or similar), all different, from some addresses held in a table?

If I've got that right, there's a key-stroke by key-stroke guide to accomplishing that goal at,,,,,

http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1main.htm

Concise it isn't, but complete... I hope! It is written for people working with Open Office ver 2, and the "Base" database supplied with OO2.

Tom

[Spunky]

Thank you, Tom.

Yes, that is what I want to do: create sheets of mail labels based upon my base entries. I will look at the link provided, and let you know how it works.

Brian

[Spunky]

Thank you, again, Tom, for your kind response.

The problem was that I'd changed the name of my database in my computer, due to a typo, but hadn't gone back to the registered databases in Base to make the corresponding correction. When I made that correction in the registered databases list, my Table appeared, because the software finally said, "Oh, you want to work with THIS database! I recognize it, now!"

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