Getting Started with Open Office .org 3 part 25. This Manual Book is for anyone who wants to get up to speed quickly with the latest version . “GETTING STARTED WITH ″ introduces all software programs of the OpenOffice bundle: Writer (word processing), Calc (spreadsheets), Impress (presentations), Draw (vector drawings), Math (equation editor) and Base (database). This book was written by volunteers from the community working through and is distributed under the CreativeCommon Attribution Licence | Creating a new database To create a new database click the arrow next to the New icon. In the drop-down menu select Database Figure 175 . This opens the Database Wizard. You can also open the Database Wizard using File New Database. Figure 175 Creating a new database The first step of the Database Wizard has one question with two choices Create a new database or Connect to an existing database. For this example select Create a new database and then click Next. The second step has two questions with two choices each. The default choice for the first question is Yes register the database for me and the default choice for the second question is Open the database for editing. Make sure these choices are selected and click Finish. If the database is not registered it will not be accessible to the Note other OOo components such as Writer and Calc. If the database is registered other components can access it. Save the new database with the name Automobile. This opens the Automobile - Base window. Figure 176 shows part of this window. Every time the Automobile database is opened the Automobile Base window opens. Changes can then be made lip to the database. The title for this window is always database name - . Chapter 8 Getting Started with Base 241 As you create a database you should save your work regularly. This means more than just saving what you have just created. You must save the whole database as well. Caution For example when you create your first table you must save it before you can close it. If you look at the Save icon in the Standard toolbar at the top after closing the table it will be active. Click the Save icon and this icon will be grayed out again. Not only the table has been saved but it also been made a part of the database. Creating database tables Note In a database a table stores information for a group of things we call fields. For example a table might hold an address book a stock list a phone book or
