OOo Base Blues

I attempted to use openoffice.org base ( ms access eqiuivalent).. got the latest OOo2.2.1 everything fine...

then the troubles started-
1. while creating a table i cannot move my rows around.. everything i add comes to the bottom.
2. how to keep a password. all the help documents state it as a simple click in the save dialog and for some strange reason it DOESN'T exist.
3. i want to change the color of my report after i create it??? where do i do it.. the report edit toolbars are like pathetic. and again the help document describes a simple two click step but none of that EXISTS in my OOo base...

looks like a terrible case of version management with the documentation stuck in another world and features having disappeared to the oblivion...

worst part is these queries seem rudimentary to users in the forum who are more concerned about complicated database connectivity and sql stuff.... dude first fix how to change the color??????? if even this does not work how do u expect people to use your stuff , then whats the point of all those advanced features u keep thinking about......

this is not a crib about opensource... we face similar and often worse problems in the commercial world too... anyone who used any api would realize.... things might be carbon copies but for some strange reason they do not work... maybe thats why we need so man software engineers, so that at least one bakra from the farm has the lucky stars shining to get things working.....

day by day my belief in god and that the world is run by luck and fate and karma is increasing like the melting glaciers on the highway to everest...

change barriers and freedom.......

we have emotions, feelings and moods....
events regulate them, change them and even cause them....

discovering freedom , doing something we dont want to ( i.e. inhibit ourselves from normally ) gives us a sense of a free bird flying and lifts the spirits....

the alternate bible of life should be "who moved my cheese?"....

change is always better, good or bad... we feel liberated and on top of everest if it turns out to be good, and in the event it turns out to be not expected embrace it... as u never know what u wanted, and what u disliked is what u missed the most and desperately needed it... as if u missed getting to the peak, but having a wonderful honeymoon at the base camp... life turns out to be like flowers once we start embracing and get accustomed to to change and freedom.......... do the unexpected, dare the limits, embrace the unknown... then u'll realize the true joy of the innerself which you thought u knew.........

If you wonder what if i regret any of these change decisions-- u never will... for what is it that mostly determines ur happiness... your memories and self esteem which is built upon those... if the current is joyful, the future will be joyful and confident.. and as changes occur now... they will and can occur even later for even better... so dont be stuck up thinking the whole railway route is determined by this one turn, but there are many in the future... just proceed with the journey... most importantly do the journey preferably in a fast pace... do not wait or let inhibitions come over you.... break them, dare them.... zooooooooooommmm...

when feeling a bit irritated or stuck up, just do simple silly things like touching the nose with the hand, or jumping up and down... and you'll feel liberated... this is caused by just a token action of breaking the barriers and discovering freedom .... flying like a bird.........

a person may need a couple of strong experiences to realize this and get on the world with it......

Its the spark........

change the middleman

Broadband users having any trouble configuring or getting their net connection working.......
stop screwing around with your computer and configure the modem/router itself...
most modern routers come with html ui editing like a web site( yes they are very smart),
just enter the ip of the modem in ur browser, and say hello to the land of whatever u want...
default passwords will usually be admin/admin..............

me a oss dude

Even though i have been using linux for a fair number of years and tried various distributions...
the big jump came one month back, i shifted my computer to linux(openSUSE 10.2) 100%............... full harddisk is currently in ext3.................. Its been great and the experience wonderful and i recommend others to follow suits with just two words of advice -
do not suspect or doubt the unfamiliar as being faulty
open and get used to the new wonderful land of utopia....................