1*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> 2*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 3*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski 4*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<!--*********************************************************** 5*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * 6*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one 7*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * or more contributor license agreements. See the NOTICE file 8*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * distributed with this work for additional information 9*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * regarding copyright ownership. The ASF licenses this file 10*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the 11*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance 12*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski * with the License. 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This is especially useful when designing form letters. Simply drag the desired fields - home address, form of address, and so on - into your document.</paragraph> 67*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153105" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="37">To insert a complete record, select the corresponding header and drag it into the document. When you release the mouse button, the <link href="text/shared/02/12070000.xhp" name="Insert database columns"><emph>Insert database columns</emph></link> dialog appears, in which you can decide whether to use all database fields, and whether to copy the data into the document as text, a table or fields. All currently selected records will be inserted.</paragraph> 68*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147230" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="39">Applying data to a table document</paragraph> 69*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3125864" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="40">You can insert one or more records into the current sheet of a spreadsheet by selecting the rows in the data source view and dragging and dropping them into the spreadsheet. The data is inserted at the place where you release the mouse button.</paragraph> 70*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149766" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="42">Inserting controls in a text form</paragraph> 71*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155132" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="43">When you create a text form linked to a database, you can generate controls by drag-and-drop from the data source view.</paragraph> 72*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149562" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="45">When you drag a database column into the text document, you insert a field. If you hold down Shift+<switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Command</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> while dragging, a text field is inserted, grouped with an appropriate label field. The text field already contains all the database information that you need for the form.</paragraph> 73*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/00/00000004.xhp#related"/> 74*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop.xhp#dragdrop"/> 75*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop_graphic.xhp#dragdrop_graphic"/> 76*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop_table.xhp#dragdrop_table"/> 77*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop_fromgallery.xhp#dragdrop_fromgallery"/> 78*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<embed href="text/shared/guide/dragdrop_gallery.xhp#dragdrop_gallery"/> 79*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<switch select="appl"> 80*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski<case select="WRITER"><embed href="text/swriter/guide/dragdroptext.xhp#dragdroptext"/> 81*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</case> 82*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</switch> 83*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</body> 84*b1cdbd2cSJim Jagielski</helpdocument> 85