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ntr
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 Li
breOf
fi
ceBasei
saf
reeandopensour
ceDBMS.

 I
tcanbedownloadedfr
om www.
li
breof
fi
ce.
organdi
sav
ail
abl
eforbot
hLi
nuxand
Windowsoper
ati
ngsystems.

 Dat
ahast
obest
oredi
nanor
gani
sedmannerusi
ngaDBMS.

Dat
aTy
pes

 Adat
aty
per
efer
stot
het
ypeofdat
athatwi
l
lbest
oredi
nthatpar
ti
cul
arf
iel
d.

 Thememor
ysi
zeofaf
iel
dvar
iesaccor
dingt
oit
sdat
aty
pe.

Somecommonl
yuseddat
aty
pesar
edescr
ibedbel
ow.

1.TextDat
aTy
pe–

 Thet
extdat
aisacombi
nat
ionofl
ett
ers,
number
sorspeci
alchar
act
ers.

 Noar
it
hmet
iccal
cul
ati
onscanbeper
for
medont
extdat
a.

 Exampl
esoft
extdat
aty
pei
sPANCar
dNumber
,Name,
Mar
ks,
etc.

2.Numer
icDat
aTy
pe–

 Numer
icdat
aty
pesconsi
stsofnumber
s.

 Thenumberscanbei
ntegerorr
eal
number
sonwhi
chanyt
ypeofar
it
hmet
ic
cal
cul
ati
onscanbeper
formed
3.Cur
rencyDat
aTy
pe–

 Thecur
rencydat
aty
peindicat
esthemonet
aryv
aluesandcanbest
ored
usi
ngcurr
enci
esofvar
iouscount
ries.

 Forexampl
e$100,
£500orRs.25.
50.

4.Dat
eDat
aTy
pe–

 Thi
sdat
aty
pei
susedt
oindi
cat
edat
esandt
ime.

 Forexampl
e12/
25/
2019,
08:
45AM.Thedat
aandt
imecanbest
oredi
n

v
ari
ousf
ormat
s.

5.Bool
ean–

 I
nbool
eandat
aty
pet
her
ecanbeonl
ytwov
alues-Tr
ueorFal
se.

 Thi
sal
socanbegi
veni
nmul
ti
plef
ormat
sli
keYes/
No,
True/
Fal
se,

On/
Off
.

6.Bi
nar
y–
  TheBinar
ydatatypeusedt
ostor
edi
git
izedi
magesandsoundst
hatcomes
aslongst
ringofzer
osandones.

 I
tispossi
blet
ostor
ephot
osofthepr
oduct
sorempl
oyees,
orsoundsni
ppet
s
orvoi
cemessagesi
nBasedat
abase.

Cr
eat
ingaDat
abaseusi
ngLi
breOf
fi
ceBase

 St
ep1.Opent
heLi
breOf
fi
ceBase.

 Step2.ADat
abaseWizar
dopens.I
tal
l
owsy
out
ocr
eat
eanewdat
abaseor
openanexi
sti
ngdat
abase.

 Step3.Sincewewanttocreateanewdatabase,
socli
ckCr
eat
eanew
databaseradi
obut
ton.Thereaf
tercl
i
ckNextbutt
on.

 Step4.TheNextst epgivestheopt
iontoregisterourdat
abasewi t
h
Libr
eOffi
ce.or
g.Ifwer egi
stert
hedatabase,thenourdatabaseismadepubl
ic
andhencecanbeaccessedbyot herpeople.Asofnow, wewoul dnotl
i
keto
regi
ster,
sowecl ickandselectt
heradiobuttonwithopti
on,‘No,donot
regi
sterthedatabase’
.

 St
ep5.Thisstepaskswhethery
ouwanttoopent
hedat
abasef
oredi
ti
ngor
wantt
ocreateatableusi
ngthewizar
d.

Theopt
ionOpent
hedat
abasef
oredi
ti
ngi
sal
readysel
ect
ed.

 Step6.Cl
i
ckFini
shbutt
ontocompl
etet
hedat
abasecr
eat
ionpr
ocess.The
SaveAsdial
ogboxappear
s.

 St
ep7.Br
owsef
ort
hedr
iveandf
olderwher
eyouwantt
ost
orey
ourdat
abase.

 St
ep8.Ty
pet
hename(
Spor
tsDay
)int
heFi
l
enamet
extbox.

 Step9.Cl
i
ckSav
ebut
ton.Thedat
abasei
nBasei
ssav
edwi
thanext
ensi
on
.odb.

Cr
eat
ingaTabl
e

1.Cr
eat
ingaTabl
eusi
ngaWi
zar
d

2.Cr
eat
ingTabl
einDesi
gnVi
ew

Set
ti
ngt
hePr
imar
yKey

 Ev
eryt
abl
emusthav
eapr
imar
ykeyt
hatuni
quel
yident
if
iesar
ecor
dint
het
abl
e.

 Tomakeapar
ti
cul
arf
iel
dast
hepr
imar
ykey
,fol
l
owt
hegi
venst
eps:
 St
ep1Pl
acet
hemousepoi
nterbef
oret
hef
iel
dname,
andr
ightcl
i
ck.

 St
ep2.
Apopupmenuappear
s.Sel
ectt
hePr
imar
yKeyopt
ionf
rom popupmenu.

 St
ep3.Akeyi
conappear
sbef
oret
hef
iel
dnamei
ndi
cat
ingt
hati
tisapr
imar
ykey
.