<p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="forms; editing and creating" tag="kw66163_2"/>Forms allow access to the data of a table. They can be used to enter or to edit existing data easily.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">Unlike in the data view of a table, forms only ever show one record at a time on the screen and also only the fields that you need for the form. All forms that are created by <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> in a database are listed under the <span class="T1">Forms</span> database entry. Since this entry also incorporates the database forms, it is also known as "<help:key-word value="Form container" tag="kw66163_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Form container".</p>
<p class="Paragraph">Forms that you create using commands in the <span class="T1">Forms</span> floating toolbar in a <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> document, can be saved to any location just like any other document. These forms do not appear in the form container of <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname>, they are handled like documents of the respective type.</p>
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<p class="Paragraph">In the <help:productname xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">%PRODUCTNAME</help:productname> Help, you will find further information on the following subjects:</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:link Id="66170" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Creating New Forms</help:link></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In order to create a new form, call the command <span class="T1">New</span> in the context menu of a form container.</p>
<p class="Paragraph">The form functions offer the tools required to create a form in a text, table, drawing, or presentation document.</p>
<p class="Head2"><help:link Id="66190" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">Form in Design Mode</help:link></p>
<p class="Paragraph">In Design mode, the form is designed and, in particular, the properties of the form and the controls contained in it are defined.</p>