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List:       kde-commits
Subject:    www/areas/koffice/tours/1.5
From:       Raphael Langerhorst <raphael.langerhorst () kdemail ! net>
Date:       2006-04-11 20:23:02
Message-ID: 1144786982.685923.9099.nullmailer () svn ! kde ! org
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SVN commit 528825 by raphael:

Add Kexi content to KOffice 1.5 tour


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  <h2>Kexi</h2>
 
+<p>
+KOffice 1.5 contains the much expected final 1.0 version of Kexi - data 
+management application that is the KOffice counterpart to MS Access or 
+FileMaker. It is designed from the ground up as a standard KDE database 
+application.
+Kexi can store it's data and design in a single database on a database server 
+of file. This version focuses on the data exchangeability and server support.
+</p>
+
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/simple_printouts_m.png">
+<br/>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/simple_printouts.png">
+
+<p>
+Simple printouts allow you to quickly get high quality without a need of 
+exporting data to external tools. Tabular layout is currently supported, with 
+several printing options and fast print preview. The latter, unlike standard 
+print preview in KDE, does not require to preprocess all the data before 
+showing the result!
+</p>
+
+<p><b>Example printout:</b></p>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/example_printout_m.png">
+<br/>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/example_printout.png">
+
+<p>
+The feature takse advantage of KDE printing system, what means export to PDF 
+is available as well.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+2. CSV import and export makes your Kexi database interoperable with any 
+application supporting CSV format (Comma-separated values). Thanks to unique 
+format autodetection, Kexi automatically recognizes delimiters, text quote 
+characters and even data types including date or time. All the options can be 
+changed by user before data importing or exporting.
+</p>
+
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/csv_import_m.png">
+<br/>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/csv_import.png">
+
+<p>
+3. Forms are getting richer with every Kexi release. This time forms are fully 
+data-aware, handle read-only and read-write data. Special right-hand Data 
+Source Pane has been added to ease assigning data source to inserted text 
+boxes. Images can be now inserted from file onto the form or pasted from 
+clipboard and then saved within the single database losslessly.
+</p>
+
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/image_box_m.png">
+<br/>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/image_box.png">
+
+<p>
+4. As Kexi Team listens what are users' needs, MS Access (MDB, MDE) files 
+support has been greatly improved. Files can be just clicked and then Kexi 
+will propose importing using special Database Importing Wizard. MS Access 
+database tables can be now imported with more accurately converted data types.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+<b>Importing Northwind sample Microsoft Access (.mdb) database using Kexi on Linux:</b>
+</p>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/northwind_mdb_import/northwind_mdb_import_sm.png">
+<br/>
+<img src="http://kexi-project.org/pics/1.0/northwind_mdb_import/northwind_mdb_import.png">
+
+<p>
+5. In addition to the new features, Kexi contains hundreds of small 
+improvements and fixes making everyday use easier. Table, Query and Form 
+designer are now smoother in usage. Numerous features do not prevent the app 
+from starting fast, as only needed functionality is loaded.
+</p>
+
+<p>
+Unlike other database envirinments, the application communicates with users 
+very verbosely when needed (it contains over translated 1500 messages), 
+without cryptic warnings or error numbers. Kexi is already translated to 20 
+languages and another about 40 translations are in progress. This makes it as 
+ideal also for educational purposes.
+</p>
+
  <h2>Kivio</h2>
 
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