1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir 3226a8927SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 49bb5fc98Smseidel * 5226a8927SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 6226a8927SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 7226a8927SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 8226a8927SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 9226a8927SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 10226a8927SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 11226a8927SAndrew Rist * with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at 129bb5fc98Smseidel * 13226a8927SAndrew Rist * http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 149bb5fc98Smseidel * 15226a8927SAndrew Rist * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, 16226a8927SAndrew Rist * software distributed under the License is distributed on an 17226a8927SAndrew Rist * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY 18226a8927SAndrew Rist * KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 19226a8927SAndrew Rist * specific language governing permissions and limitations 20226a8927SAndrew Rist * under the License. 219bb5fc98Smseidel * 22226a8927SAndrew Rist ***********************************************************--> 23226a8927SAndrew Rist 24cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 25cdf0e10cSrcweir<meta> 26cdf0e10cSrcweir<topic id="textsharedguidedata_viewxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 27cdf0e10cSrcweir<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Viewing a Database</title> 28cdf0e10cSrcweir<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp</filename> 29cdf0e10cSrcweir</topic> 309bb5fc98Smseidel<comment>viewing a database</comment> 31cdf0e10cSrcweir</meta> 32cdf0e10cSrcweir<body> 33*c2b55da1Smseidel<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2339854"> 34*c2b55da1Smseidel<bookmark_value>opening;database files</bookmark_value> 35cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>viewing; databases</bookmark_value> 36cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>data sources;viewing</bookmark_value> 37cdf0e10cSrcweir<bookmark_value>databases;viewing</bookmark_value> 38cdf0e10cSrcweir</bookmark> 39cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 40cdf0e10cSrcweir</variable></paragraph> 41cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">There are two different methods of viewing a database in %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> 42cdf0e10cSrcweir<list type="unordered"> 43cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open the database file.</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir<listitem> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>View - Data source</emph> to view the registered databases.</paragraph> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir<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> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir</listitem> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir</list> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir<section id="relatedtopics"> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10606" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir<embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir<embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir</section> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir</body> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument> 62