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<bookmark branch="index" id="bm_id3157896"><bookmark_value>databases; text formats</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>text formats; databases</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>importing; tables in text format</bookmark_value>
<bookmark_value>exporting; spreadsheets to text format</bookmark_value>
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<h1 id="hd_id3154824"><variable id="data_dbase2office"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_dbase2office.xhp">Importing and Exporting Data in Text Format</link>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147088">If you want to exchange data with a database that does not have an ODBC link and does not allow dBASE import and export, you can use a common text format.</paragraph>
<h2 id="hd_id3145313">Importing Data into $[officename]</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147275">To exchange data in a text format use the $[officename] Calc import/export filter.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145382">Export the desired data from the source database in a text format. The CSV text format is recommended. This format separates data fields by using delimiters such as commas or semi-colons, and separates records by inserting line breaks.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3153821">Choose <emph>File - </emph><link href="text/shared/01/01020000.xhp"><emph>Open</emph></link> and click the file to import.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id1977904">Select "Text CSV" from the <emph>File type</emph> combo box. Click <emph>Open</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150771">The <link href="text/shared/00/00000208.xhp"><emph>Text Import</emph></link> dialog appears. Decide which data to include from the text document.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150986">Once the data is in a $[officename] Calc spreadsheet, you can edit it as needed. Save the data as a $[officename] data source:</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149762">Save the current $[officename] Calc spreadsheet in dBASE format in the folder of a dBASE database. To do this, choose <emph>File - Save As</emph>, then select the <emph>File type</emph> "dBASE" and the folder of the dBASE database.</paragraph>
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<h2 id="hd_id3150400">Exporting in CSV Text Format</h2>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154140">You can export the current $[officename] spreadsheet in a text format which can be read by many other applications.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3152933">Choose <emph>File - Save as</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154216">In <emph>File type</emph> select the filter "Text CSV". Enter a file name and click <emph>Save</emph>.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154908">This opens the <link href="text/shared/00/00000207.xhp"><emph>Export of text files</emph></link> dialog, in which you can select the character set, field delimiter and text delimiter. Click <emph>OK</emph>. A warning informs you that only the active sheet was saved.</paragraph>
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