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  40 <topic id="textsharedexplorerdatabasemainxml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
  41 <title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">%PRODUCTNAME Database</title>
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  45 <body>
  46 <section id="database">
  47 <bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id8622089"><bookmark_value>databases;main page (Base)</bookmark_value>
  48 <bookmark_value>$[officename] Base data sources</bookmark_value>
  49 <bookmark_value>data sources;$[officename] Base</bookmark_value>
  50 </bookmark><comment>mw changed "Base,..."</comment><paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10579" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="base"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp">Using Databases in %PRODUCTNAME Base</link>
  51 </variable></paragraph>
  52 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN107BD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">In %PRODUCTNAME Base, you can access data that is stored in a wide variety of database file formats. %PRODUCTNAME Base natively supports some flat file database formats, such as the dBASE format. You can also use %PRODUCTNAME Base to connect to external relational databases, such as databases from MySQL or Oracle.</paragraph>
  53 </section>
  54 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5864131" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The following database types are read-only types in %PRODUCTNAME Base. From within %PRODUCTNAME Base it is not possible to change the database structure or to edit, insert, and delete database records for these database types:</paragraph>
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  57 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id8865016" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Spreadsheet files</paragraph>
  58 </listitem>
  59 <listitem>
  60 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3786736" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Text files</paragraph>
  61 </listitem>
  62 <listitem>
  63 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6747337" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Address book data</paragraph>
  64 </listitem>
  65 </list>
  66 <paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN107C0" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Using a Database in %PRODUCTNAME</paragraph>
  67 <list type="unordered">
  68 <listitem>
  69 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10838" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">To create a new database file, choose <emph>File - New - Database</emph>.</paragraph>
  70 </listitem>
  71 </list>
  72 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1083B" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link> helps you to create a database file and to register a new database within %PRODUCTNAME.</paragraph>
  73 <paragraph role="note" id="par_idN107E7" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The database file contains queries, reports, and forms for the database as well as a link to the database where the records are stored. Formatting information is also stored in the database file.</paragraph>
  74 <list type="unordered">
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  76 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1084A" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">To open a database file, choose <emph>File - Open</emph>. In the <emph>File type</emph> list box, select to view only "Database documents". Select a database document and click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
  77 </listitem>
  78 </list>
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 114 <paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6474806" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW"><link href="http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Database">Wiki page about Base</link></paragraph>
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