How to Use Open Office Database
Microsoft Office is recognized as the most popular office productivity suite. However, some do not want to use Office because it can be expensive to purchase. For these people, the alternative is the free open-source program Open Office. Like Microsoft Office, it includes a database functionality known as Base. Base has most of the functionality of Microsoft Access and is pretty easy to use.
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Instructions
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Click the "Start" button located on the bottom left of your screen. Click "Programs" and "Open Office." Select "Base." Open Office Database will then open.
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Select either "Create a new database" or "Open an existing database" on the next screen. If you are creating a database, follow the following three steps. If not, skip to Step 6.
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Select "No, do not register the database for me" and "Open the database for editing." Click the "Finish" button and enter a name for your database. The name can be anything you want it to be, though it should describe the database.
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Click "Create Table in Design View." Input all of the values for the table and assign a primary key by right-clicking the field name that you want to be the primary key. Additionally, edit the field properties to meet your database's needs, just as you would in Access. Click "File" and "Save" when you are done.
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Click "Queries," "Forms" or "Reports," depending on what you want to do with your database. Follow the on-screen prompts to perform the tasks. See the "Resources" section for additional Base instructions.
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Click "Open an existing database" and then click the "Open" button. Select your currently saved database and click "Open." Base will then open your database and you will be able to edit it just as you can in Access.
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Tips & Warnings
Back up your database often. This will come in handy should anything destroy your database on your computer. To back it up, simply copy and paste the database to a CD-R, external hard drive or USB drive.
