Category: Base

LibreOffice 7.3 Base Guide published

Cover of Base 7.3 Guide

The LibreOffice documentation team published one new user guide in June: LibreOffice 7.3 Base Guide, available in free PDF and ODT. Low-cost printed copies are available from Lulu.com. Visit the Documentation page on the LibreOffice website for links.

New user guide for Base

LibreOffice 7.2 Base Guide

Another user guide was published by the LibreOffice documentation team on December 8: the LibreOffice 7.2 Base Guide, for the database component. It is available in free PDF or ODT from the LibreOffice website, or in a low-cost printed copy from Lulu.com. Given the very few changes in Base since LibreOffice 6.4, the team decided …

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Workaround for a bug in Base on macOS

EDIT/UPDATE: The bug has been fixed in version 7.1.3. On macOS (but not on Windows or Linux), in versions 7.1.x and 7.2.x of LibreOffice, a bug in Base causes the Memo (LONGVARCHAR) field type to have a dark background, so the contents are not visible. Other field type [date, number, TEXT (VARCHAR), and so on] …

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LibreOffice 4.0 Math Guide and Base Handbook have been published

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published two books: the LibreOffice 4.0 Math Guide and the LibreOffice 4.0 Base Handbook. Free PDFs can be downloaded from The Document Foundation’s wiki. Printed copies can be purchased here. (Published by Friends of OpenDocument Inc.) Note: The Base 4.0 Handbook is identical to the Base 3.6 Handbook, except for …

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New books: LibreOffice 4.0 Writer Guide & LO 3.6 Base Handbook

Base 3.6 Handbook

The LibreOffice Documentation Team has published two new books this week. Free PDFs can be downloaded from The Document Foundation’s wiki. LibreOffice 4.0 Writer Guide. In addition to free PDFs (see first paragraph), you can purchase printed copies (published by Friends of OpenDocument Inc.) from here. LibreOffice 3.6 Base Handbook, translated from the German edition. …

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