<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> <!-- * This file is part of the LibreOffice project. * * This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. * * This file incorporates work covered by the following license notice: * * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one or more * contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file distributed * with this work for additional information regarding copyright * ownership. The ASF licenses this file to you under the Apache * License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file * except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of * the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 . --> <helpdocument version="1.0"> <meta> <topic id="textsharedguidedata_viewxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Viewing a Database</title> <filename>/text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp</filename> </topic> <history> <created date="2004-08-19T12:40:42">viewing a database</created> </history> </meta> <body> <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id2339854"><bookmark_value>opening;database files</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>viewing; databases</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>data sources;viewing</bookmark_value> <bookmark_value>databases;viewing</bookmark_value> </bookmark> <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A6" xml-lang="en-US" level="2"><variable id="data_view"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_view.xhp">Viewing a Database</link> </variable></paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US">There are two different methods of viewing a database in %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph> <list type="unordered"> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CA" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph> to open the database file.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105D1" xml-lang="en-US">The <link href="text/sdatabase/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> </listitem> <listitem> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E3" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>View - Data source</emph> to view the registered databases.</paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105EA" xml-lang="en-US">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> </listitem> </list> <section id="relatedtopics"> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10606" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> <embedvar href="text/sdatabase/main.xhp#base"/> </paragraph> <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1060E" xml-lang="en-US" localize="false"> <embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> </paragraph> </section> </body> </helpdocument>