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38 <helpdocument version="1.0">
39 <meta>
40 <topic id="textsharedguidedata_registerxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Registering and Deleting a Database </title>
42 <filename>/text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp</filename>
43 </topic>
44 </meta>
45 <body>
46 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id4724570"><bookmark_value>databases;registering (Base)</bookmark_value>
47 <bookmark_value>registering;databases (Base)</bookmark_value>
48 <bookmark_value>deleting;databases (Base)</bookmark_value>
49 <bookmark_value>databases;deleting (Base)</bookmark_value>
50 <bookmark_value>lists;registered databases (Base)</bookmark_value>
51 </bookmark><comment>mw deleted "removing;...". New entry "lists;" from shared/optionen/01160200.xhp</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A3" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="CHG"><variable id="data_register"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_register.xhp">Registering and Deleting a Database</link>
52 </variable></paragraph>
53 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Data from any <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabadoc.xhp">database file</link> can be registered to %PRODUCTNAME. To register means to tell %PRODUCTNAME where the data is located, how it is organized, how to get that data, and more. Once the database is registered, you can use the menu command <emph>View - Data source</emph> to access the data records from your text documents and spreadsheets.</paragraph>
54 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105C8" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To register an existing database file:</paragraph>
55 <list type="ordered">
56 <listitem>
57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CF" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <link href="text/shared/optionen/01160200.xhp">Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</link>.</paragraph>
58 </listitem>
59 <listitem>
60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E1" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click <emph>New</emph> and select the database file.<comment>i60224</comment></paragraph>
61 </listitem>
62 </list>
63 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10700" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="NEW">To remove a registered database from %PRODUCTNAME</paragraph>
64 <list type="ordered">
65 <listitem>
66 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10707" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <link href="text/shared/optionen/01160200.xhp">Tools - Options - %PRODUCTNAME Base - Databases</link>.</paragraph>
67 </listitem>
68 <listitem>
69 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10719" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the database file and click <emph>Delete</emph>. </paragraph>
70 </listitem>
71 </list>
72 <section id="relatedtopics">
73 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105F3" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
74 <embedvar href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/>
75 </paragraph>
76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105FB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">
77 <embedvar href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/>
78 </paragraph>
79 </section>
80 </body>
81 </helpdocument>