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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Exchange Database</title>
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<bookmark_value>databases; exchanging</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>address books; exchanging</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>exchanging databases</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>replacing;databases</bookmark_value>
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<paragraph id="par_id3156384" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><variable id="datenbankaustext"><ahelp hid=".uno:ChangeDatabaseField">Change the data sources for the current document.</ahelp> To correctly display the contents of inserted fields, the replacement database must contain identical field names. </variable></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153818" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">For example, if you inserting address fields in a form letter from an address database, you can then exchange the database with another address database to insert different addresses.</paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3149130" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Exchange Databases</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3154651" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">You can only change one database at a time in this dialog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3146965" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Databases in Use</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149053" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/exchangedatabases/inuselb">Lists the databases that are currently in use.</ahelp> The current document contains at least one data field from each of the databases in the list.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3147300" role="heading" level="3" xml-lang="en-US">Available Databases</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3150533" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/exchangedatabases/availablelb">Lists the databases that are registered in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item>.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_idN106DB" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Browse</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_idN106DF" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/exchangedatabases/browse">Opens a file open dialog to select a database file (*.odb). The selected file is added to the Available Databases list.</ahelp></paragraph>
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<paragraph id="hd_id3149349" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">Define</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3145827" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US"><ahelp hid="modules/swriter/ui/exchangedatabases/define">Replaces the current data source with the data source that you selected in the <emph>Available Databases </emph>list.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph id="hd_id3154506" role="heading" level="2" xml-lang="en-US">To exchange a database:</paragraph>
<paragraph id="par_id3149881" role="paragraph" xml-lang="en-US">Ensure that both databases contain matching field names and field types.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3148386" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click in the document that you want to change the data source for.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3150564" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Choose <item type="menuitem">Edit - Exchange Database</item>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3153925" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Databases in Use</emph> list, select the database table that you want to replace.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3147169" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">In the <emph>Available Databases</emph> list, select the replacement database table.</paragraph>
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<paragraph id="par_id3151273" role="listitem" xml-lang="en-US">Click <emph>Define</emph>.</paragraph>
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