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29      <topic id="textscalcguidedbase_filesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
30         <title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Importing and Exporting dBASE Files </title>
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35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id1226844"><bookmark_value>exporting;spreadsheets to dBASE</bookmark_value>
36      <bookmark_value>importing;dBASE files</bookmark_value>
37      <bookmark_value>dBASE import/export</bookmark_value>
38      <bookmark_value>spreadsheets; importing from/exporting to dBASE files</bookmark_value>
39      <bookmark_value>tables in databases;importing dBASE files</bookmark_value>
40</bookmark><comment>mw changed "database tables;" to "tables in databases;" and reduced "spreadsheets;" from two to one entry</comment>
41<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10738" role="heading" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="dbase_files"><link href="text/scalc/guide/dbase_files.xhp">Importing and Exporting dBASE Files</link>
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43      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10756" role="paragraph" l10n="CHG">You can open and save data in the dBASE file format (*.dbf file extension) in $[officename] Base or a spreadsheet. In %PRODUCTNAME Base, a dBASE database is a folder that contains files with the .dbf file extension. Each file corresponds to a table in the database. Formulas and formatting are lost when you open and save a dBASE file from %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
44      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10759" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Spreadsheet</paragraph>
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46         <listitem>
47            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10760" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>.</paragraph>
48         </listitem>
49         <listitem>
50            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1071F" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Locate the *.dbf file that you want to import. </paragraph>
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52         <listitem>
53            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10768" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
54            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10730" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Import dBASE files</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph>
55         </listitem>
56         <listitem>
57            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10774" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
58            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10777" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The dBASE file opens as a new Calc spreadsheet.</paragraph>
59            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1074E" role="warning" l10n="NEW">If you want to save the spreadsheet as a dBASE file, do not alter or delete the first row in the imported file. This row contains information that is required by a dBASE database.</paragraph>
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62      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077A" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Database Table</paragraph>
63      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1076C" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">A %PRODUCTNAME Base database table is actually a link to an existing database.</paragraph>
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66            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10796" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - New - Database</item>.</paragraph>
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69            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10786" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box of the <emph>Save As</emph> dialog, enter a name for the database.</paragraph>
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72            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10792" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
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75            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1079A" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Database type </emph>box of the <emph>Database Properties</emph> dialog, select "dBASE".</paragraph>
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78            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A6" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Next</emph>.</paragraph>
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81            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107AE" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Browse</emph>.</paragraph>
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84            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107B6" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Locate the directory that contains the dBASE file, and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
85         </listitem>
86         <listitem>
87            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107BE" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create</emph>.</paragraph>
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90      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F1" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Save a Spreadsheet as a dBASE File</paragraph>
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92         <listitem>
93            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F8" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>.</paragraph>
94         </listitem>
95         <listitem>
96            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10800" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File format</emph> box, select "dBASE file".</paragraph>
97         </listitem>
98         <listitem>
99            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F9" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box, type a name for the dBASE file.</paragraph>
100         </listitem>
101         <listitem>
102            <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10801" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
103         </listitem>
104      </list>
105      <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10808" role="note" l10n="NEW">Only the data on the current sheet is exported.</paragraph>
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