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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Database Overview</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3153031"><bookmark_value>databases; overview</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>data source view; overview</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>data source explorer</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>explorer of data sources</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148474" xml-lang="en-US" level="1"><variable id="database_main"><link href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp" name="Data Source Overview">Database Overview</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105F1" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp">Working with databases in %PRODUCTNAME</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153821" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Data Source View</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149415" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <emph>View - Data Sources</emph> or press <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> + Shift + F4 keys to call the data source view from a text document or spreadsheet.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147531" xml-lang="en-US">On the left you can see the <link href="text/shared/02/12000000.xhp" name="Data source explorer">Data source explorer</link>. If you select a table or query there, you see the contents of this table or query on the right. At the top margin is the <link href="text/shared/main0212.xhp" name="Database bar">Table Data bar</link>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149047" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Data Sources</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_addressbook.xhp" name="address book as data source">Address book as data source</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150398" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/04180100.xhp" name="View data source contents">View data source contents</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN106A4" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/menubar.xhp">Menu bar of a database file</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154123" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Forms and Reports</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154909" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/04030000.xhp" name="Create new form document">Create new form document</link>, <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp" name="edit form functions">edit form controls</link>, <link href="text/shared/autopi/01090000.xhp">Form Wizard</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152920" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/02/01170500.xhp" name="entering data versus editing form">Entering data versus editing form</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151380" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/autopi/01100000.xhp" name="Report AutoPilot">Report Wizard</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145606" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Queries</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/02000000.xhp" name="Create new query or table view, edit query structure">Create new query or table view, edit query structure</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1072A" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/querywizard00.xhp">Query Wizard</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155430" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/05340400.xhp" name="Enter, edit and copy records">Enter, edit and copy records</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147287" xml-lang="en-US" level="2">Tables</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163713" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/05010000.xhp" name="Create new table, edit table structure">Create new table, edit table structure</link>, <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/05010100.xhp" name="index">index</link>, <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/05020000.xhp" name="relations">relations</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1078F" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/tablewizard00.xhp">Table Wizard</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3159196" xml-lang="en-US"><link href="text/shared/01/05340400.xhp" name="Enter, edit and copy records">Enter, edit and copy records</link></paragraph>
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