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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Add Field</title>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:AddField" id="bm_id3149182" localize="false"/><paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3144436" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="CHG" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/02/01170400.xhp" name="Add Field">Add Field</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3166460" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="2"><variable id="text"><ahelp hid=".uno:AddField">Opens a window where you can select a database field to add to the form or report.</ahelp>
</variable><comment>same help id used for forms and reports</comment></paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/SVX_HID_FIELD_SEL" id="bm_id3155503" localize="false"/><paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156114" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3"><ahelp hid="HID_FIELD_SEL">The field selection window lists all database fields of the table or query that was specified as the data source in the <link href="text/shared/02/01170201.xhp" name="Form Properties">Form Properties</link>.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="4">You can insert a field into the current document by dragging and dropping. A field is then inserted which contains a link to the database.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153541" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG" oldref="5">If you add fields to a form and you switch off the <link href="text/shared/02/01170500.xhp" name="Design Mode">Design Mode</link>, you can see that $[officename] adds a labeled input field for every inserted database field.<comment>may be different for reports</comment></paragraph>
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