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  43.    <p class="P1"><help:key-word value="table designs; data sources" tag="kw68135_2" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="designs; database tables" tag="kw68135_5" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/></p>
  44.    <p class="Head1"><help:to-be-embedded Eid="data_tabledefine" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"><help:link Id="68135">Table Design</help:link></help:to-be-embedded></p>
  45.    <p class="Paragraph">Here you will see how to create a new database table in the <help:link Id="68425" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help">design view</help:link>.</p>
  46.    <p class="Paragraph"><help:key-word value="database tables; creating" tag="kw68135_4" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/><help:key-word value="tables; creating database tables" tag="kw68135_3" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Open the data source browser (F4). Open a data source by clicking the plus sign in front of the name. You see the tables container, called "Tables". Open the table container and click a table. Right-click the table name to open the context menu. Choose <span class="T1">New Table Design</span> to create a new table.</p>
  47.    <p class="Paragraph">In the Design view, you can now create the fields for your table.</p>
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  53.      <p class="P2">Enter new fields from top to bottom rowwise. Click the cell at the far left and enter a field name for each <span class="T1">data field</span>.</p>
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  56.      <p class="P2">In the adjacent cell to the right, define the <span class="T1">field type</span>. When you click in the cell, you can select a field type in the drop down list box</p>
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  62.        <p class="Paragraph">Each field can only accept data corresponding to the specified field type. It is not possible to enter text, for example, in a number field. <help:key-word value="Memo field" tag="kw68135_1" xmlns:help="http://openoffice.org/2000/help"/>Memo fields in dBase III format are references to internally-managed text files which can hold up to 64KB text.</p>
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  64.    <p class="Paragraph">If you wish, you can also enter an optional <span class="T1">Description</span> for each field. The text of the description will appear as a tip on the column headings in the table view.</p>
  65.    <p class="Head2">Field Properties</p>
  66.    <p class="Paragraph">Enter properties for each selected data field. Depending on the database type, it is possible that not all input facilities are available.</p>
  67.    <p class="Paragraph">In the <span class="T1">Default</span> box, enter the contents that you want to have entered for every new record. This can, of course, be subsequently modified.</p>
  68.    <p class="Paragraph">In the <span class="T1">Entry required</span> box, specify whether or not the field may remain empty.</p>
  69.    <p class="Paragraph">No matter which <span class="T1">field type</span>, a list box provides the available types</p>
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  73.        <p class="Paragraph">If you want to change the name or type of a data field subsequently, please note that the table itself many not be opened during this modification; only the design view may be opened.</p>
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