Working with Databases
Open a database application
To start LibreOffice Base, search from the ‘Start’ menu or find the LibreOffice folder and click the LibreOffice Base icon.
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Open an existing database
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To open an existing database, choose the option ‘open an existing database file’ from the wizard, which is the first screen you see.
Choose a file from the drop-down menu of recently used files or click ‘Open’ to select a file from your drive.
Click on the file you want to open then click finish to open the database.
Create a new database file
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To create a new database file, click on ‘File’ from the main menu bar, then click ‘New’ from the drop-down menu. Click ‘Database’ from the sub-menu. This will open the ‘LibreOffice Database Wizard’
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In the LibreOffice Database Wizard, select ‘Create a new database’ then click ‘Next’
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From the ‘Save and proceed’, select ‘Yes, register the database for me’. This allows you to import data into other applications. Select ‘Open the database for editing’, then click ‘Finish’.
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Choose a location on your drive and name the file saving it as file type ‘ODF Database’. Click ‘Save’.
Display, hide built-in toolbars
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The option to display or hide the built-in toolbars can be controlled by clicking ‘View’ from the main menu bar.
Then click ‘Toolbars’ from the drop-down menu.
You can then check or uncheck various toolbars to display or hide them respectively.
Use available Help functions
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Click ‘Help’ on the menu bar.
Click ‘LibreOffice Help’ or press ‘F1’ key on the keyboard.
This will open a web browser window with online help.