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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147000" xml-lang="en-US" level="1">Insert Database Columns</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143284" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid=".uno:SbaBrwInsert"><variable id="datenintext">Inserts all fields of the marked record into the current document at the cursor position.
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153577" xml-lang="en-US"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="CALC">In the data source browser, select the record that you want to insert into the document and then click the <emph>Data to Text</emph> icon. The record is inserted in the document at the cursor position, with the contents of each individual field of the record copied to a table column. You can also select multiple records and transfer them into the document by clicking the <emph>Data to Text </emph>icon. Each individual record is then written to a new row.
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145345" xml-lang="en-US"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">In the data source browser, select the records that you want to insert into the document and then click the <emph>Data to Text</emph> icon, or drag-and-drop data from the data source browser into the document. This opens the <emph>Insert Database Columns </emph>dialog. Select whether the data should be inserted as a <link href="text/shared/02/12070100.xhp" name="table">table</link>, as <link href="text/shared/02/12070200.xhp" name="fields">fields</link> or as <link href="text/shared/02/12070300.xhp" name="text">text</link>.
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153031" xml-lang="en-US"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The preferences you set in the<emph> Insert Database Columns </emph>dialog are saved and will be active the next time the dialog is called. This save process is independent of the database and can record the preferences for a maximum of 5 databases.
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156326" xml-lang="en-US"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">If data is inserted into the document as a table, the table properties are not saved along with the data in the document. If you select the <emph>AutoFormat</emph> function for formatting the table, $[officename] will note the name of the format template. This template will then be used automatically if you insert data as a table again, unless the preferences have been changed.
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