1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 13*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski <helpdocument version="1.0"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedguidedata_dbase2officexml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Importing and Exporting Data in Text Format</title> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_dbase2office.xhp</filename> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3157896"><bookmark_value>databases; text formats</bookmark_value> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>text formats; databases</bookmark_value> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>importing; tables in text format</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>exporting; spreadsheets to text format</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154824" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="55"><variable id="data_dbase2office"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_dbase2office.xhp" name="Importing and Exporting Data in Text Format">Importing and Exporting Data in Text Format</link> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147088" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="54">If you want to exchange data with a database that does not have an ODBC link and does not allow dBASE import and export, you can use a common text format.</paragraph> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145313" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="41">Importing Data into $[officename]</paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147275" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">To exchange data in a text format use the $[officename] Calc import/export filter.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145382" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="42">Export the desired data from the source database in a text format. The CSV text format is recommended. This format separates data fields by using delimiters such as commas or semi-colons, and separates records by inserting line breaks.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153821" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="43">Choose <emph>File - </emph><link href="text/shared/01/01020000.xhp" name="Open"><emph>Open</emph></link> and click the file to import.</paragraph> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id1977904" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select "Text CSV" from the <emph>File type</emph> combo box. Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="44">The <link href="text/shared/00/00000208.xhp" name="Text Import"><emph>Text Import</emph></link> dialog appears. Decide which data to include from the text document.</paragraph> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">Once the data is in a $[officename] Calc spreadsheet, you can edit it as needed. Save the data as a $[officename] data source:</paragraph> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149762" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="56">Save the current $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in dBASE format in the folder of a dBASE database. To do this, choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>, then select the <emph>File type</emph> "dBASE" and the folder of the dBASE database.</paragraph> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150400" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="58">Exporting in CSV Text Format</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154140" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="59">You can export the current $[officename] spreadsheet in a text format which can be read by many other applications.</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="ordered"> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152933" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="60">Choose <emph>File - Save as</emph>.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154216" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="61">In <emph>File type</emph> select the filter "Text CSV". Enter a file name and click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154908" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="62">This opens the <link href="text/shared/00/00000207.xhp" name="dBase Export"><emph>Export of text files</emph></link> dialog, in which you can select the character set, field delimiter and text delimiter. Click <emph>OK</emph>. A warning informs you that only the active sheet was saved.</paragraph> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp#data_im_export"/> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<switch select="appl"> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<case select="CALC"><embed href="text/scalc/guide/dbase_files.xhp#dbase_files"/> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</case> 85*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</switch></body> 86*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 87