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27<title xml-lang="en-US" id="tit">Fields</title>
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33<bookmark branch="hid/sw:RadioButton:DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL:RB_AS_FIELD" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3153116"/>
34<paragraph role="heading" level="1" id="hd_id3149991" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="1">Fields</paragraph>
35<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id3149987">
36<bookmark_value>database contents; inserting as fields</bookmark_value>
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38<paragraph l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="8" id="par_id3149987" role="paragraph"><ahelp hid="SW_RADIOBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_RB_AS_FIELD" visibility="hidden">Inserts data selected from the data source browser into the document as fields.</ahelp>In the <emph>Insert Database Columns</emph> dialog, select the <link href="text/swriter/01/04090000.xhp" name="Fields">Fields</link> to insert the selected data into the document as fields. These <link href="text/swriter/01/04090006.xhp" name="database fields">database fields</link> work as wildcards for the individual database columns and can be used for form letters. Click the <link href="text/shared/02/12080000.xhp" name="Data to Fields"><emph>Data to Fields</emph></link> icon to match the contents of the fields to the currently selected record.</paragraph>
39<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="note" id="par_id3153114" l10n="U" oldref="9">If several records are selected when you choose the <emph>Data to Text</emph> function, the mail merge fields will be inserted according to the number of records. Also, a field command such as "Next record" will be inserted automatically between individual field command blocks.</paragraph>
40<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3145090" l10n="U" oldref="10">The <emph>Insert Database Columns</emph> dialog lets you define which database fields to insert into the document and how to format the paragraphs.</paragraph>
41<paragraph role="heading" level="2" id="hd_id3156136" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="2">Fields</paragraph>
42<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" role="paragraph" id="par_id3147571" l10n="U" oldref="11">In the <emph>Fields</emph> area, use the arrow button to select the database table columns into which you want to insert field contents.</paragraph>
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44<bookmark branch="hid/sw:ListBox:DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL:LB_TXT_DB_COLUMN" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3156411"/>
45<paragraph role="heading" level="3" id="hd_id3153345" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="3">Database columns</paragraph>
46<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3155535" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="12">Lists all columns of the database table, which can be accepted in the selection list box to insert them into the document. <ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_TXT_DB_COLUMN" visibility="visible">Select the database columns that you want to insert it in the document.</ahelp></paragraph>
47<bookmark branch="hid/sw:ImageButton:DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL:IB_DBCOL_TOEDIT" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3149178"/>
48<paragraph role="heading" level="3" id="hd_id3152551" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="4">&gt;</paragraph>
49<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3145345" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="13"><ahelp visibility="visible" hid="SW_IMAGEBUTTON_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_IB_DBCOL_TOEDIT">Moves the fields that you selected in the <emph>Database columns</emph> list box into the selection field.</ahelp> You can also double-click the entry to select it.</paragraph>
50<bookmark branch="hid/sw:MultiLineEdit:DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL:ED_DB_TEXT" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3152997"/>
51<paragraph role="heading" level="3" id="hd_id3166411" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="5">Select</paragraph>
52<paragraph l10n="U" role="paragraph" id="par_id3163802" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="SW_MULTILINEEDIT_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_ED_DB_TEXT" visibility="visible">Lists the database columns that you selected to be inserted into the document. You can also enter text here. This text will be also inserted into the document.</ahelp> The entries' order in the selection field corresponds to the data order in the document.</paragraph>
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54<bookmark branch="hid/sw:ListBox:DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL:LB_DB_PARA_COLL" xml-lang="en-US" id="bm_id3154852"/>
55<paragraph role="heading" level="3" id="hd_id3153257" l10n="U" xml-lang="en-US" oldref="7">Paragraph Style</paragraph>
56<paragraph xml-lang="en-US" oldref="15" id="par_id3158430" l10n="U" role="paragraph">By default, the inserted paragraphs are formatted with the current Paragraph Styles. This format corresponds to the "none" entry in the <emph>Paragraph Style</emph> list box. <ahelp hid="SW_LISTBOX_DLG_AP_INSERT_DB_SEL_LB_DB_PARA_COLL" visibility="visible">This is where you can select other Paragraph Styles to apply to the paragraph you want to insert into the document.</ahelp> The list box displays the available Paragraph Styles defined in <item type="productname">%PRODUCTNAME</item> and managed in the <link href="text/swriter/01/05130000.xhp" name="Style Catalog">Style Catalog</link>.</paragraph>
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