Database Overview /text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp Sun Microsystems, Inc. databases; overview data source view; overview data source explorer explorer of data sources

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Data Source View

Choose View - Data Sources or press CommandCtrl + Shift + F4 keys to call the data source view from a text document or spreadsheet. On the left you can see the Data source explorer. 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 Table Data bar.

Data Sources

Address book as data source View data source contents Menu bar of a database file

Forms and Reports

Create new form document, edit form controls, Form Wizard Entering data versus editing form Report Wizard

Queries

Create new query or table view, edit query structure Query Wizard Enter, edit and copy records

Tables

Create new table, edit table structure, index, relations Table Wizard Enter, edit and copy records