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  38 <topic id="textsharedguidedata_tablesxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  39 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Tables</title>
  40 <filename>/text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp</filename>
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  42 <history>
  43 <created date="2004-08-19T12:55:41">Working with Tables</created>
  44 <lastedited date="2007-02-19T13:52:02">YJ: checked</lastedited>
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  48 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id1983703"><bookmark_value>tables in databases;creating</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>databases;creating tables</bookmark_value>
  50 <bookmark_value>table views of databases</bookmark_value>
  51 </bookmark><comment>mw changed" database tables;" to "tables in databases;"</comment>
  52 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_tables"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_tables.xhp">Working with Tables</link>
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  54 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Data is stored in tables. As an example, your system address book that you use for your e-mail addresses is a table of the address book database. Each address is a data record, presented as a row in that table. The data records consist of data fields, for example the first and the last name fields and the e-mail field.</paragraph>
  55 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table With the Table Wizard</paragraph>
  56 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME you can create a new table using the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/tablewizard00.xhp">Table Wizard</link>:</paragraph>
  57 <list type="ordered">
  58 <listitem>
  59 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table.</paragraph>
  60 </listitem>
  61 <listitem>
  62 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  63 </listitem>
  64 <listitem>
  65 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Table</emph>.</paragraph>
  66 </listitem>
  67 </list>
  68 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table With the Design View</paragraph>
  69 <list type="ordered">
  70 <listitem>
  71 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table.</paragraph>
  72 </listitem>
  73 <listitem>
  74 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  75 </listitem>
  76 <listitem>
  77 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Table in Design View</emph>.</paragraph>
  78 </listitem>
  79 </list>
  80 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the <link href="text/shared/guide/data_tabledefine.xhp">Table Design</link> window.</paragraph>
  81 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10778" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Table View</paragraph>
  82 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1077C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Some database types support table views. A table view is a query that is stored with the database. For most database operations, a view can be used as you would use a table.</paragraph>
  83 <list type="ordered">
  84 <listitem>
  85 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10782" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new table view.</paragraph>
  86 </listitem>
  87 <listitem>
  88 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10786" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Tables</emph> icon.</paragraph>
  89 </listitem>
  90 <listitem>
  91 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1078E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Table View</emph>.</paragraph>
  92 </listitem>
  93 </list>
  94 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10795" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the View Design window, which is almost the same as the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02010100.xhp">Query Design window</link>.</paragraph>
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