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  40 <topic id="textscalcguidedbase_filesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Importing and Exporting dBASE Files </title>
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  46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id1226844"><bookmark_value>exporting;spreadsheets to dBASE</bookmark_value>
  47 <bookmark_value>importing;dBASE files</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>dBASE import/export</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>spreadsheets; importing from/exporting to dBASE files</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>tables in databases;importing dBASE files</bookmark_value>
  51 </bookmark><comment>mw changed "database tables;" to "tables in databases;" and reduced "spreadsheets;" from two to one entry</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10738" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="dbase_files"><link href="text/scalc/guide/dbase_files.xhp">Importing and Exporting dBASE Files</link>
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  53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10756" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">You can open and save data in the dBASE file format (*.dbf file extension) in $[officename] Base or a spreadsheet. 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>
  54 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10759" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Spreadsheet</paragraph>
  55 <list type="ordered">
  56 <listitem>
  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10760" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Open</emph>.</paragraph>
  58 </listitem>
  59 <listitem>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1071F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Locate the *.dbf file that you want to import. </paragraph>
  61 </listitem>
  62 <listitem>
  63 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
  64 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10730" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <emph>Import dBASE files</emph> dialog opens.</paragraph>
  65 </listitem>
  66 <listitem>
  67 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10774" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  68 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10777" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The dBASE file opens as a new Calc spreadsheet.</paragraph>
  69 <paragraph role="warning" id="par_idN1074E" xml-lang="en-US" 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>
  70 </listitem>
  71 </list>
  72 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1077A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Import a dBASE File Into a Database Table</paragraph>
  73 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1076C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">A %PRODUCTNAME Base database table is actually a link to an existing database.</paragraph>
  74 <list type="ordered">
  75 <listitem>
  76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10796" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <item type="menuitem">File - New - Database</item>.</paragraph>
  77 </listitem>
  78 <listitem>
  79 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box of the <emph>Save As</emph> dialog, enter a name for the database.</paragraph>
  80 </listitem>
  81 <listitem>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10792" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
  83 </listitem>
  84 <listitem>
  85 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1079A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>Database type </emph>box of the <emph>Database Properties</emph> dialog, select "dBASE".</paragraph>
  86 </listitem>
  87 <listitem>
  88 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107A6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Next</emph>.</paragraph>
  89 </listitem>
  90 <listitem>
  91 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107AE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Browse</emph>.</paragraph>
  92 </listitem>
  93 <listitem>
  94 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107B6" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Locate the directory that contains the dBASE file, and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
  95 </listitem>
  96 <listitem>
  97 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BE" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create</emph>.</paragraph>
  98 </listitem>
  99 </list>
 100 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN107F1" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">To Export a Spreadsheet to a dBASE File</paragraph>
 101 <list type="ordered">
 102 <listitem>
 103 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F8" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - Export</emph>.</paragraph>
 104 </listitem>
 105 <listitem>
 106 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10800" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File format</emph> box, select "dBASE file".</paragraph>
 107 </listitem>
 108 <listitem>
 109 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107F9" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the <emph>File name</emph> box, type a name for the dBASE file.</paragraph>
 110 </listitem>
 111 <listitem>
 112 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10801" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Export</emph>.</paragraph>
 113 </listitem>
 114 </list>
 115 <paragraph role="note" id="par_idN10808" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Only the data on the current sheet is exported.</paragraph>
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