Operation Manual

Creating a new database
To create a new database, select File > New > Database from the menu bar, or click the arrow
next to the New icon on the Standard toolbar and select Database from the drop-down menu. Both
methods open the Database Wizard.
On the first page of the Database Wizard, select Create a new database and then click Next.
The second page has two questions. Make sure the choice for the first question is Yes, register
the database for me and the choice for the second question is Open the database for editing.
Click Finish.
Note
In Writer and Calc, the F4 key opens and closes the Data Source window containing
the list of registered databases. If a database is not registered, this window will not
contain it, so you can not access the database in Writer or Calc.
Save the new database with the name Automobile. This opens the Automobile – LibreOffice Base
window. Figure 205 shows part of this window.
Figure 205: Creating database tables
Tip
Every time the Automobile database is opened, the Automobile – LibreOffice Base
window opens. Changes can then be made to the database. The title for this window is
always <database name> – LibreOffice Base.
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