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diff --git a/source/text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp b/source/text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..62266338a5 --- /dev/null +++ b/source/text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> + + + +<!-- + *********************************************************************** + * + * DO NOT ALTER OR REMOVE COPYRIGHT NOTICES OR THIS FILE HEADER. + * + * Copyright 2000, 2010 Oracle and/or its affiliates. + * + * OpenOffice.org - a multi-platform office productivity suite + * + * This file is part of OpenOffice.org. + * + * OpenOffice.org is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + * it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 + * only, as published by the Free Software Foundation. + * + * OpenOffice.org is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + * GNU Lesser General Public License version 3 for more details + * (a copy is included in the LICENSE file that accompanied this code). + * + * You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public License + * version 3 along with OpenOffice.org. If not, see + * <http://www.openoffice.org/license.html> + * for a copy of the LGPLv3 License. + * + ************************************************************************ + --> + + + <helpdocument version="1.0"> +<meta> +<topic id="textsharedguidedata_formsxhp" indexer="include" status="PUBLISH"> +<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Working with Forms</title> +<filename>/text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp</filename> +</topic> +</meta> +<body> +<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="index" id="bm_id5762199"><bookmark_value>opening;forms</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>forms;creating</bookmark_value> +<bookmark_value>design view;creating forms</bookmark_value> +</bookmark> +<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN105F9" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="NEW"><variable id="data_forms"><link href="text/shared/guide/data_forms.xhp">Working with Forms</link> +</variable></paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10617" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Using forms, you can define how to present the data. Open a text document or a spreadsheet and insert the controls such as push buttons and list boxes. In the properties dialogs of the controls, you can define what data the forms should display.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN1061A" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Form With the Form Wizard</paragraph> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1061E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In %PRODUCTNAME, you can create a new form using the <link href="text/shared/autopi/01090000.xhp">Form Wizard</link>:</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10632" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10636" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1063E" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Use Wizard to Create Form</emph>.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="heading" id="par_idN10645" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="NEW">Creating a New Form Manually</paragraph> +<list type="ordered"> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1064C" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Open the database file where you want to create the new form.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10650" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">In the left pane of the database window, click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon.</paragraph> +</listitem> +<listitem> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN10658" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="NEW">Click <emph>Create Form in Design View</emph>.</paragraph> +</listitem> +</list> +<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_idN1065F" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">A new text document opens. Use the <link href="text/shared/02/01170000.xhp">Form Controls</link> to insert form controls.</paragraph> +<paragraph role="note" id="par_idN10670" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="CHG">Click the <emph>Forms</emph> icon to access all forms that were created from within the current database window. In addition, you can use the <emph>Form Controls</emph> icons to add database form controls to any Writer or Calc document, but these documents will not be listed in the database window. </paragraph> +<section id="relatedtopics"> +<embed href="text/shared/explorer/database/main.xhp#base"/> +<embed href="text/shared/guide/database_main.xhp#database_main"/> +</section> +</body> +</helpdocument> |