I am newbie when it comes to LO, and am using an Apple Mac with OSX 10.7.5 with Filemaker Pro 10 database software. Ive looked in this forum, but I cant find anything concerning this topic.
I’ve been using Filemaker Pro 10 to store essays and articles as memo fields in a database, sorted on a date field. In Filemaker I can change styles in the database forms, such as using italics, bold, changing fonts and their colours. Despite the form being set to a default font, I can cut and paste the articles which have different styles to the forms defaults, or edit them in situ, and Filemaker doesn’t complain. I can also spell check the memo fields. However, I would like to escape from Filemaker’s expensive clutches (The FM Pro 13 version is nearly £200)
However I can’t do these things with Base memo fields (Im using LO Version: 4.3.4.1). Using the forms, the spellchecking icons are greyed out, tho I can spellcheck in Writer with no problems (so the UK dictionary is working). Also I can’t change the font styles, you seem to be stuck with what you which you initially create. Am I not a programmer, but have had a look at the form’s control and form attributes, and I can’t see a way of override the form’s defaults. Perhaps its not possible to do this with Base (at least not without a lot of work).
Any help and ideas would be appreciated