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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Creating a New Database</title>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105A3" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_new"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_new.xhp">Creating a New Database</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105C4" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Choose <emph>File - New - Database</emph>.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105CB" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">This opens the <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/dabawiz00.xhp">Database Wizard</link>, where you create a new database file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105DD" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the Database Wizard, select the type of database, and select the option to open the Table Wizard as the next wizard.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN105E0" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">The <link href="text/shared/explorer/database/tablewizard00.xhp">Table Wizard</link> helps you to add a table to the new database file.</paragraph>
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