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33 <helpdocument version=
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35 <topic id=
"textshared0212070200xml" indexer=
"include" status=
"PUBLISH">
36 <title xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"tit">Fields
</title>
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40 <created date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.
</created>
41 <lastedited date=
"2003-10-31T00:00:00">converted from old format - fpe
</lastedited>
47 <switch select=
"appl"><case select=
"WRITER">
48 <bookmark branch=
"hid/SW_RADIOBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_RB_AS_FIELD" xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"bm_id3153116"/><paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"1" id=
"hd_id3149991" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"1">Fields
</paragraph>
49 <bookmark xml-lang=
"en-US" branch=
"index" id=
"bm_id3149987"><bookmark_value>database contents; inserting as fields
</bookmark_value></bookmark><paragraph l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"8" id=
"par_id3149987" role=
"paragraph"><ahelp hid=
"SW_RADIOBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_RB_AS_FIELD" visibility=
"hidden">Inserts data selected from the data source browser into the document as fields.
</ahelp>In the
<emph>Insert Database Columns
</emph> dialog, select the
<link href=
"text/swriter/01/04090000.xhp" name=
"Fields">Fields
</link> to insert the selected data into the document as fields. These
<link href=
"text/swriter/01/04090006.xhp" name=
"database fields">database fields
</link> work as wildcards for the individual database columns and can be used for form letters. Click the
<link href=
"text/shared/02/12080000.xhp" name=
"Data to Fields"><emph>Data to Fields
</emph></link> icon to match the contents of the fields to the currently selected record.
</paragraph>
50 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" role=
"note" id=
"par_id3153114" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"9">If several records are selected when you choose the
<emph>Data to Text
</emph> function, the mail merge fields will be inserted according to the number of records. Also, a field command such as
"Next record" will be inserted automatically between individual field command blocks.
</paragraph>
51 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145090" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"10">The
<emph>Insert Database Columns
</emph> dialog lets you define which database fields to insert into the document and how to format the paragraphs.
</paragraph>
52 <paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"2" id=
"hd_id3156136" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"2">Fields
</paragraph>
53 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3147571" l10n=
"U" oldref=
"11">In the
<emph>Fields
</emph> area, use the arrow button to select the database table columns into which you want to insert field contents.
</paragraph>
54 <section id=
"ankerfuertextoption">
55 <bookmark branch=
"hid/SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_TXT_DB_COLUMN" xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"bm_id3156411"/><paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"3" id=
"hd_id3153345" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"3">Database columns
</paragraph>
56 <paragraph l10n=
"U" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3155535" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"12">Lists all columns of the database table, which can be accepted in the selection list box to insert them into the document.
<ahelp hid=
"SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_TXT_DB_COLUMN" visibility=
"visible">Select the database columns that you want to insert it in the document.
</ahelp></paragraph>
57 <bookmark branch=
"hid/SW_IMAGEBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_IB_DBCOL_TOEDIT" xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"bm_id3149178"/><paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"3" id=
"hd_id3152551" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"4">></paragraph>
58 <paragraph l10n=
"U" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3145345" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"13"><ahelp visibility=
"visible" hid=
"SW_IMAGEBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_IB_DBCOL_TOEDIT">Moves the fields that you selected in the
<emph>Database columns
</emph> list box into the selection field.
</ahelp> You can also double-click the entry to select it.
</paragraph>
59 <bookmark branch=
"hid/SW_MULTILINEEDIT_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_ED_DB_TEXT" xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"bm_id3152997"/><paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"3" id=
"hd_id3166411" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"5">Select
</paragraph>
60 <paragraph l10n=
"U" role=
"paragraph" id=
"par_id3163802" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"14"><ahelp hid=
"SW_MULTILINEEDIT_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_ED_DB_TEXT" visibility=
"visible">Lists the database columns that you selected to be inserted into the document. You can also enter text here. This text will be also inserted into the document.
</ahelp> The entries' order in the selection field corresponds to the data order in the document.
</paragraph>
61 <embed href=
"text/shared/02/12070100.xhp#format"/>
62 <bookmark branch=
"hid/SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_DB_PARA_COLL" xml-lang=
"en-US" id=
"bm_id3154852"/><paragraph role=
"heading" level=
"3" id=
"hd_id3153257" l10n=
"U" xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"7">Paragraph Style
</paragraph>
63 <paragraph xml-lang=
"en-US" oldref=
"15" id=
"par_id3158430" l10n=
"U" role=
"paragraph">By default, the inserted paragraphs are formatted with the current Paragraph Styles. This format corresponds to the
"none" entry in the
<emph>Paragraph Style
</emph> list box.
<ahelp hid=
"SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_DB_PARA_COLL" visibility=
"visible">This is where you can select other Paragraph Styles to apply to the paragraph you want to insert into the document.
</ahelp> The list box displays the available Paragraph Styles defined in
<item type=
"productname">%PRODUCTNAME
</item> and managed in the
<link href=
"text/swriter/01/05130000.xhp" name=
"Style Catalog">Style Catalog
</link>.
</paragraph>