1cdf0e10cSrcweir<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2cdf0e10cSrcweir<helpdocument version="1.0"> 3cdf0e10cSrcweir 4*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist<!--*********************************************************** 5*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * 6*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * distributed with this work for additional information 9*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*ce44d6c1SAndrew Rist * with the License. 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In %PRODUCTNAME Base, a dBASE database is a folder that contains files with the .dbf file extension. Each file corresponds to a table in the database. Formulas and formatting are lost when you open and save a dBASE file from %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> 44cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10759" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Spreadsheet</paragraph> 45cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 46cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 47cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10760" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>.</paragraph> 48cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 49cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 50cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1071F" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Locate the *.dbf file that you want to import. </paragraph> 51cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 52cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 53cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10768" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph> 54cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10730" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Import dBASE files</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph> 55cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 56cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 57cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10774" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 58cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10777" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">The dBASE file opens as a new Calc spreadsheet.</paragraph> 59cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1074E" role="warning" l10n="NEW">If you want to save the spreadsheet as a dBASE file, do not alter or delete the first row in the imported file. This row contains information that is required by a dBASE database.</paragraph> 60cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 61cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 62cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1077A" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Database Table</paragraph> 63cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1076C" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">A %PRODUCTNAME Base database table is actually a link to an existing database.</paragraph> 64cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 65cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 66cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10796" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - New - Database</item>.</paragraph> 67cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 68cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 69cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10786" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box of the <emph>Save As</emph> dialog, enter a name for the database.</paragraph> 70cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 71cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 72cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10792" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph> 73cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 74cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 75cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN1079A" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Database type </emph>box of the <emph>Database Properties</emph> dialog, select "dBASE".</paragraph> 76cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 77cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 78cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107A6" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Next</emph>.</paragraph> 79cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 80cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 81cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107AE" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Browse</emph>.</paragraph> 82cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 83cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 84cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107B6" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Locate the directory that contains the dBASE file, and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph> 85cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 86cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 87cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107BE" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create</emph>.</paragraph> 88cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 89cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 90cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F1" role="heading" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Save a Spreadsheet as a dBASE File</paragraph> 91cdf0e10cSrcweir <list type="ordered"> 92cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 93cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F8" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>.</paragraph> 94cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 95cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 96cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10800" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File format</emph> box, select "dBASE file".</paragraph> 97cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 98cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 99cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN107F9" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box, type a name for the dBASE file.</paragraph> 100cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 101cdf0e10cSrcweir <listitem> 102cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10801" role="paragraph" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph> 103cdf0e10cSrcweir </listitem> 104cdf0e10cSrcweir </list> 105cdf0e10cSrcweir <paragraph xml-lang="en-US" id="par_idN10808" role="note" l10n="NEW">Only the data on the current sheet is exported.</paragraph> 106cdf0e10cSrcweir <section id="relatedtopics"> 107cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp#data_im_export"/> 108cdf0e10cSrcweir <embed href="text/shared/guide/data_dbase2office.xhp#data_dbase2office"/> 109cdf0e10cSrcweir </section> 110cdf0e10cSrcweir </body> 111cdf0e10cSrcweir</helpdocument>