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 * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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See the License for the 20*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * specific language governing permissions and limitations 21*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * under the License. 22*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 23*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski ***********************************************************--> 24*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 25*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 26*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 27*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<helpdocument version="1.0"> 28*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<meta> 29*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<topic id="textsharedguidedata_viewxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 30*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Viewing a Database</title> 31*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp</filename> 32*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</topic> 33*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<history> 34*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<created date="2004-08-19T12:40:42">viewing a database</created> 35*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<lastedited date="2005-09-13T09:26:35">checked - yj</lastedited> 36*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</history> 37*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</meta> 38*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<body> 39*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2339854"><bookmark_value>opening;database files</bookmark_value> 40*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>viewing; databases</bookmark_value> 41*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>data sources;viewing</bookmark_value> 42*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<bookmark_value>databases;viewing</bookmark_value> 43*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</bookmark> 44*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A6" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_view"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp">Viewing a Database</link> 45*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</variable></paragraph> 46*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">There are two different methods of viewing a database in %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> 47*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<list type="unordered"> 48*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 49*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open the database file.</paragraph> 50*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabadoc.xhp">database file</link> gives you full access to tables, queries, reports, and forms. You can edit the structure of your tables and change the contents of the data records.</paragraph> 51*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 52*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<listitem> 53*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>View - Data source</emph> to view the registered databases.</paragraph> 54*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105EA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <link href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp">data source view</link> can be used to drag-and-drop table fields from registered databases into your documents and to produce mail merges.</paragraph> 55*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</listitem> 56*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</list> 57*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<section id="relatedtopics"> 58*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 59*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 60*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 61*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 62*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 63*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</paragraph> 64*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</section> 65*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 66*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 67