New Database!

I've spent the evening remaking my database of swappers/sent Squishes etc. I did have a proper database with all the info in it. But it kept crashing and not saving the data, even though I would manually save everytime I entered any new info. So I've gone down a level technically, and made a new 'almost' database, using a table in Open Office (which is the linux version of Window's Word). At least this way I'll stop losing all my info!!! It was getting very frustrating - especially as I was then unsure if I've sent people's Squishes!!