[Solved] Text wrapping option in Table column?

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[Solved] Text wrapping option in Table column?

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Hello All,
I am dabbling with building a DB which contains a message column in which the text can be quite extensive.
I have looked - but I don't see any option within the system - for text wrapping - and that is something I definitely need.
Any suggestions or words of wisdom would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Re: Text wrapping option in Table column?

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You don't need to text wrap the information that is stored; rather when you create a report to view your data, you format the output to appear as you desire.
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Re: Text wrapping option in Table column?

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Oh I see
Text wrapping is a feature of a report form then?
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Re: Text wrapping option in Table column?

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Do you know of any book that has been written on using OOBase that is recommended?
Sincere thanks!
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Apache OpenOffice 4.1 User Guides has a section on Base; the whole document is around 40 Mb.

You might find some useful information in Tutorials - Base. Also https://wiki.openoffice.org/w/images/0/ ... torial.pdf, although a bit old, is still relevant.
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Re: Text wrapping option in Table column?

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Awesome!
Thank you robleyd!
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