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+<helpdocument version="1.0">
+<meta>
+<topic id="textsharedguidedata_addressbookxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
+<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Registering an Address Book</title>
+<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_addressbook.xhp</filename>
+</topic>
+<history>
+<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
+<lastedited date="2004-06-08T17:24:48">FPE: Deleted screenshots. Cleaned.</lastedited>
+</history>
+</meta>
+<body>
+<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3152823"><bookmark_value>data sources; registering address book</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>address book; registering</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>system address book; registering</bookmark_value>
+<bookmark_value>registering; address book</bookmark_value>
+</bookmark>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152823" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E" oldref="1" localize="false"/>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154228" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="2"><variable id="data_addressbook"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_addressbook.xhp" name="Registering an Address Book">Registering an Address Book</link>
+</variable></paragraph>
+<section id="adressbuch">
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154927" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">In <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> you can register different data sources. The contents of the data fields are then available to you for use in various fields and controls. Your system address book is such a data source.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149346" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4">
+<item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> templates and Wizards use fields for the contents of the address book. When activated, the general fields in the templates are automatically replaced with the fields from the data source of your address book.</paragraph>
+</section>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147399" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5">In order for the replacement to take place, you must tell <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> which address book you use. The dialog asking for this information appears automatically the first time you activate, for example, a business letter template. You can also call the dialog by following the steps listed below.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149096" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="35">Address Data Source Wizards</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147008" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="36">To call the Address Data Source Wizards, choose <emph>File - Wizards - Address Data Source</emph>. For more information, see section <link href="text/shared/autopi/01170000.xhp" name="Address Data Source">Address Data Source</link> in the <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> Help.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG" oldref="6">Registering An Existing Address Book Manually</paragraph>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150771" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8">Choose <emph>File - Templates - Address Book Source</emph>. The <link href="text/shared/01/01110101.xhp" name="Templates: Address Book Assignment"><emph>Templates: Address Book Assignment</emph></link> dialog appears.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3148491" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10">In the <emph>Data source</emph> combo box, select the system address book or the data source you want to use as an address book.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149669" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="11">If you have not yet registered the system address book in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> as the data source, click the <emph>Administrate</emph> button. This takes you to the <emph>Data Source Administration</emph> dialog, in which you can register your address book as a new data source in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item>. You can find more information in the following section, <emph>System Address Book as Data Source</emph>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154365" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="13">In the <emph>Table</emph> combo box, select the database table you want to use as the address book.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147084" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="15">Under <emph>Field assignment</emph>, match the fields for first name, company, department, and so on to the actual field names used in your address book.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10784" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">When finished, close the dialog with <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149983" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Now your data source is registered in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> as the address book. If you now open a template from the <emph>Business Correspondence</emph> category, <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> can automatically insert the correct fields for a form letter.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152460" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="CHG" oldref="19">Using The System Address Book as Data Source</paragraph>
+<list type="ordered">
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3083443" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="21">Choose <emph>Tools - Data Sources</emph> to call the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/11060000.xhp" name="Data Source Administration"><emph>Data Source Administration</emph></link> dialog.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146146" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">Click the <emph>New Data Source</emph> button at the top left of the dialog.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153157" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Under <emph>Database type</emph> choose the <emph>Addressbook</emph> entry.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151318" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">Click the <emph>...</emph> button to call the <emph>Data Source</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154479" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="27">Select the data source and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3157868" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="29">If you select "LDAP address book", the <emph>Data Source Administration</emph> dialog displays a <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/11190000.xhp" name="LDAP"><emph>LDAP</emph></link> tab page, where you enter the LDAP server and its parameters.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Go to the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/11090000.xhp" name="Tables"><emph>Tables</emph></link> tab page. Mark the tables that should be visible in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+<listitem>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152481" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">On the <emph>General</emph> tab page, enter a name for this data source in the <emph>Name</emph> field. Close the dialog by clicking <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
+</listitem>
+</list>
+<section id="relatedtopics">
+<switch select="appl">
+<case select="WRITER"><embed href="text/swriter/guide/form_letters_main.xhp#form_letters"/>
+</case>
+</switch>
+<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/>
+<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147322" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="34"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/11060000.xhp" name="Data Source Administration">Data Source Administration</link></paragraph>
+</section>
+</body>
+</helpdocument>