1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2 3 4 5<!-- 6 *********************************************************************** 7 * 8 * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. 9 * 10 * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. 11 * 12 * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite 13 * 14 * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. 15 * 16 * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify 17 * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 18 * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. 19 * 20 * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, 21 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of 22 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the 23 * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details 24 * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). 25 * 26 * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License 27 * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see 28 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 29 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 30 * 31 ************************************************************************ 32 --> 33 34<helpdocument version="1.0"> 35<meta> 36<topic id="textsharedguidedata_registerxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 37<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Registering and Deleting a Database </title> 38<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp</filename> 39</topic> 40</meta> 41<body> 42<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id4724570"><bookmark_value>databases;registering (Base)</bookmark_value> 43<bookmark_value>registering;databases (Base)</bookmark_value> 44<bookmark_value>deleting;databases (Base)</bookmark_value> 45<bookmark_value>databases;deleting (Base)</bookmark_value> 46<bookmark_value>lists;registered databases (Base)</bookmark_value> 47</bookmark><comment>mw deleted "removing;...". New entry "lists;" from shared/optionen/01160200.xhp</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A3" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="CHG"><variable id="data_register"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp">Registering and Deleting a Database</link> 48</variable></paragraph> 49<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Data from any <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabadoc.xhp">database file</link> can be registered to %PRODUCTNAME. To register means to tell %PRODUCTNAME where the data is located, how it is organized, how to get that data, and more. Once the database is registered, you can use the menu command <emph>View - Data source</emph> to access the data records from your text documents and spreadsheets.</paragraph> 50<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105C8" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To register an existing database file:</paragraph> 51<list type="ordered"> 52<listitem> 53<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01160200.xhp">%PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</link>.</paragraph> 54</listitem> 55<listitem> 56<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click <emph>New</emph> and select the database file.<comment>i60224</comment></paragraph> 57</listitem> 58</list> 59<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10700" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To remove a registered database from %PRODUCTNAME</paragraph> 60<list type="ordered"> 61<listitem> 62<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10707" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">%PRODUCTNAME - Preferences</caseinline><defaultinline>Tools - Options</defaultinline></switchinline> - <link href="text/shared/optionen/01160200.xhp">%PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</link>.</paragraph> 63</listitem> 64<listitem> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10719" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the database file and click <emph>Delete</emph>. </paragraph> 66</listitem> 67</list> 68<section id="relatedtopics"> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 70<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 71</paragraph> 72<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105FB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 73<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 74</paragraph> 75</section> 76</body> 77</helpdocument> 78