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<topic id="textsharedguidedata_im_exportxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH">
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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Importing and Exporting Data in Base </title>
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<created date="2006-05-16T12:52:56">importing, exporting databases</created>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id6911546"><bookmark_value>databases;importing</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>importing;databases</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>databases;exporting</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>exporting;databases</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>copying; datasource records in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>inserting; datasource records in spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>spreadsheets;inserting database records</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>data sources;copying records to spreadsheets</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>exporting;from data sources to %PRODUCTNAME Calc</bookmark_value>
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<bookmark_value>pasting;from data sources to %PRODUCTNAME Calc</bookmark_value>
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</bookmark><comment>UFI: moved bookmarks from text/shared/guide/data_office2calc.xhp</comment>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id4547257" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_im_export"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_im_export.xhp">Importing and Exporting Data in Base</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2761314" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">An easy method to import and export database tables uses Calc as a "helper application".</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3912778" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Exporting data from Base</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3163853" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You copy a table from Base to a new Calc sheet, then you can save or export the data to any file format that Calc supports.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id121158" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file that contains the database table to be exported. Click Tables to view the tables, or click Queries to view the queries.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4644306" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - Spreadsheet</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1331217" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the Base window, right-click the name of the table to export. Choose <emph>Copy</emph> from the context menu.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3806878" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click cell A1 in the new Calc window, then choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id130619" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Now you can save or export the data to many file types.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id9999694" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Importing data to Base</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id2216559" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open a Base file of the database type that you want. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id7869502" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Either create a new Base file using the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link>, or open any existing Base file that is not read-only.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id9852900" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the Calc file that contains the data to be imported to Base. You can open a *.dbf dBase file or many other file types. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3791924" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Select the data to be copied to Base. </paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id6173894" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You can enter a range reference like A1:X500 in the Name Box if you don't want to scroll.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id533768" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">If you copy a dBase sheet, include the top row that contains the header data.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id5669423" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>Edit - Copy</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3619495" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the Base window, click <emph>Tables</emph> to view the tables.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id1175572" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the Base window, choose <emph>Edit - Paste</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id4815820" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">You see the Copy Table dialog. Most databases need a primary key, so you may want to check the <emph>Create primary key</emph> box.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="tip" id="par_id2584002" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">On Windows systems, you can also use drag-and-drop instead of Copy and Paste. Also, for registered databases, you can open the datasource browser (press F4) instead of opening the Base window.</paragraph>
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