How to create a database with OpenOffice Base

" First and foremost you have to make sure the application is there. If you look in your Office sub-menu of the Applications menu you should see an entry titled “OpenOffice.org Base” (or a variation on that theme). If you do not then you are going to have to fire up your Add/Remove Software utility, search for “openoffice” (no quotes), mark OpenOffice.org Base for installation, and click Apply to install.

"After Base is installed go back to the menu and see if the entry is there. If so, click it.

"When you first fire up OpenOffice Base the Database Wizard will start (see Figure 1). The first step is to decide what you want to do."

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