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30<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Viewing a Database</title>
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34<created date="2004-08-19T12:40:42">viewing a database</created>
35<lastedited date="2005-09-13T09:26:35">checked - yj</lastedited>
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39<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2339854"><bookmark_value>opening;database files</bookmark_value>
40<bookmark_value>viewing; databases</bookmark_value>
41<bookmark_value>data sources;viewing</bookmark_value>
42<bookmark_value>databases;viewing</bookmark_value>
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44<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>
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46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">There are two different methods of viewing a database in %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
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49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open the database file.</paragraph>
50<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>
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53<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<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>
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