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If not, see 26 * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> 27 * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. 28 * 29 ************************************************************************--> 30 31<helpdocument version="1.0"> 32<meta> 33<topic id="textshared0212070000xml" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> 34<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Insert Database Columns</title> 35<filename>/text/shared/02/12070000.xhp</filename> 36</topic> 37<history> 38<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created> 39<lastedited date="2005-02-11T14:29:38">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited> 40</history> 41</meta> 42<body> 43<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SbaBrwInsert" id="bm_id6269470" localize="false"/> 44<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/.uno:SbaBrwInsert" id="bm_id3156183" localize="false"/> 45<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147000" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1">Insert Database Columns</paragraph> 46<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3143284" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2"><ahelp hid=".uno:SbaBrwInsert"><variable id="datenintext">Inserts all fields of the marked record into the current document at the cursor position. 47</variable></ahelp> The icon is only visible if the current document is a text document or a spreadsheet.</paragraph> 48<section id="sydatenintext"> 49<table id="tbl_id3149760"> 50<tablerow> 51<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 52<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154186" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="E"> 53<image id="img_id3147291" src="res/commandimagelist/sc_sbabrwinsert.png" width="0.222inch" height="0.222inch"><alt id="alt_id3147291" xml-lang="en-US">Icon</alt> 54 </image></paragraph> 55</tablecell> 56<tablecell colspan="" rowspan=""> 57<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153527" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">Data to Text</paragraph> 58</tablecell> 59</tablerow> 60</table> 61 62</section> 63<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153577" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="CALC">In the data source browser, select the record that you want to insert into the document and then click the <emph>Data to Text</emph> icon. The record is inserted in the document at the cursor position, with the contents of each individual field of the record copied to a table column. You can also select multiple records and transfer them into the document by clicking the <emph>Data to Text </emph>icon. Each individual record is then written to a new row. 64</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 65<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145345" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="5"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">In the data source browser, select the records that you want to insert into the document and then click the <emph>Data to Text</emph> icon, or drag-and-drop data from the data source browser into the document. This opens the <emph>Insert Database Columns </emph>dialog. Select whether the data should be inserted as a <link href="text/shared/02/12070100.xhp" name="table">table</link>, as <link href="text/shared/02/12070200.xhp" name="fields">fields</link> or as <link href="text/shared/02/12070300.xhp" name="text">text</link>. 66</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 67<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153031" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="6"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">The preferences you set in the<emph> Insert Database Columns </emph>dialog are saved and will be active the next time the dialog is called. This save process is independent of the database and can record the preferences for a maximum of 5 databases. 68</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 69<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3156326" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7"><switchinline select="appl"><caseinline select="WRITER">If data is inserted into the document as a table, the table properties are not saved along with the data in the document. If you select the <emph>AutoFormat</emph> function for formatting the table, $[officename] will note the name of the format template. This template will then be used automatically if you insert data as a table again, unless the preferences have been changed. 70</caseinline></switchinline></paragraph> 71</body> 72</helpdocument> 73
