Probelm in database and mailmerge

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 I first used openoffice suite when I installed kubuntu 6.01, I was very impressed. The mail merge worked fine with it used a data base in microsoft access. So much so I down loaded version 2.02 for windows which also works fine using access's  database.
I have now upgraded to kubuntu 7.04, which did not install your data base package, I down loaded the package from the kubuntu repositories this was your latest version 2.2. Now it only creates a version of the database in table form, the field order is mixed up. I tried to create a new database in table form I created the fields OK. I entered data ok, but when I tried to save them it did not allow me to. I really like office so can you help me with a solution.