After writing a column searching for Linux alternatives to Microsoft’s low-end database, Access, I received some great replies. Many readers pointed out the limitations of Microsoft Access, and ...

When you import a spreadsheet into an OpenOffice.org database, you lose any text styling, number formatting, macro scripts or charts that you previously used to enhance the data.

When databases became available for the personal computer in the mid-1980s, ... Evolution, and KDE address books. Another option is to choose an OpenOffice.org or MS Excel spreadsheet, which is useful ...

Once you have a database set up, sooner or later you will want to edit its tables or add a new record. You have four ways to do so. If you created a database using an existing OpenOffice.org Calc or ...