Need a bit of help ubuntu...

[Matt Price]

salut guy,

On Tue, 2007-10-04 at 18:58 -0400, Guy Terreault wrote:

> 
> Last week i was watching a tv programme "La revanche des nerdZ" on ZTELE"
> so they convinced me to try ubuntu (Linux). I have it installed for a
> week now still testing and trying it to make every thing work.
> 
terrific!  congratulations.

> On Feb the 14 2006 my friend gave me his old PC and Windows XP (Sic and
> tired of XP)
> I also became a new Internet user, still not comfortable whit Forums.
> But I try.
> 
> OK I need help to get me going...
> 
> If i had a friend that i could communicate with threw Gaim Internet
> messenger that would be the best.
> 
> Today i am trying OpenOffice.org access. The problem is that when i try
> to create a form whit the wizzard
> every thin work until i press the Finish button nothing happens after that.
> I tried the help, Google and ubunto sites did't find what i need. except
> your address.
> 
I think you're talking about openoffice.org Base -- the access
equivalent.  I haven't used it for a while and i understand it's changed
substantially over the last few releases.  I'd be surprised if there
were many users on this list.  Instead, I'd try the openoffice.org user
lists & forums (I know, you don't like forums.. understandable!).  

The openoffice support page is here:
http://support.openoffice.org/index.html
there's a base "howto" in french here (i'm assuming you'd just as soon
get your documentation in french):
http://fr.openoffice.org/Documentation/How-to/indexht-base.html
here's another tutorial site (they don't seem to have anything on base,
though):
http://www.tutorialsforopenoffice.org/
The list of openoffice mailing lists is here:
http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html (you would want the "users"
list, and you should subscribe or you're unlikely to get all the
responses to your questions).  It's a very high-volume list though --
expect about 100 messages a day, if I remember correctly.  
The French native-lang project is here:
http://fr.openoffice.org/
and their mailing lists are here:
http://fr.openoffice.org/contact-forums.html
The French project leads are very involved in OOo, and I expect they'll
be very helpful.

I don't think many people use messnger -- they're morel ikely to use
IRC, the chat protocol.  I don't use a graphical chat client, so i'm not
sure exactly where to guide you on that.

Bon chance, et bienvenue!

Matt


> If you could help me by e-mail or messenger.
> 
> Email me at guyterreaul at videotron.ca because i filter my HOTMAIL
> ACCOUNT: terreaultguy at hotmail.com
> BUT I USE IT WITH MESSENGER
> 
> thanks - Have a nice day
> Guy
> 
> 
> 
-- 
Matt Price
History Dept
University of Toronto
matt.price at utoronto.ca
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