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<title id="tit" xml-lang="en-US">Type formatting</title>
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<created date="2003-10-31T00:00:00">Sun Microsystems, Inc.</created>
<lastedited date="2006-01-17T14:52:26">converted from old format - fpe</lastedited>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3163829" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/shared/explorer/database/05030300.xhp" name="Type formatting">Type formatting</link></paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3150247" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="2">In the data source explorer, you can copy a table by dragging and dropping the table onto the table container. The<emph> Type formatting </emph>dialog is the third window of the <emph>Copy table</emph> dialog.</paragraph>
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<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/dbaccess:MultiListBox:TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT:LB_NEW_COLUMN_NAMES" id="bm_id3147291" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3152801" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="3">List box</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145313" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="4"><ahelp hid="DBACCESS_MULTILISTBOX_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_LB_NEW_COLUMN_NAMES">Lists the data fields that will be included in to the copied table.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3155535" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="5">Column information</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_COLUMNNAME" id="bm_id3153311" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156426" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="7">Field name</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153681" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="8"><ahelp hid="HID_TAB_ENT_COLUMNNAME">Displays the name of the selected data field. If you want, you can enter a new name.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_TYPE" id="bm_id3154749" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156113" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="9">Field type</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3149811" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="10"><ahelp hid="HID_TAB_ENT_TYPE">Select a field type.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_TEXT_LEN" id="bm_id3149795" localize="false"/>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_LEN" id="bm_id3149516" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149763" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="11">Length</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155449" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="12"><ahelp hid="HID_TAB_ENT_LEN">Enter the number of characters for the data field.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_SCALE" id="bm_id3154285" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3159176" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="13">Decimal places</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153666" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="14"><ahelp hid="HID_TAB_ENT_SCALE">Enter the number of decimal places for the data field. This option is only available for numerical or decimal data fields.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/DBACCESS_HID_TAB_ENT_BOOL_DEFAULT" id="bm_id3156155" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3150276" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="15">Default value</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3147620" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16"><ahelp hid="HID_TAB_ENT_BOOL_DEFAULT">Select the default value for a Yes/No field.</ahelp></paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153087" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="17">Automatic type recognition</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3153561" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">$[officename] can automatically recognize field contents when you copy database tables by drag and drop.</paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/dbaccess:NumericField:TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT:ET_AUTO" id="bm_id3153061" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3156023" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="19">(max.) lines</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3155923" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20"><ahelp hid="DBACCESS_NUMERICFIELD_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_ET_AUTO">Enter the number of lines to use for automatic type recognition.</ahelp></paragraph>
<bookmark xml-lang="en-US" branch="hid/dbaccess:PushButton:TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT:PB_AUTO" id="bm_id3148946" localize="false"/>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3154347" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="21">Auto</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3152361" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22"><ahelp hid="DBACCESS_PUSHBUTTON_TAB_WIZ_TYPE_SELECT_PB_AUTO">Enables automatic type recognition.</ahelp></paragraph>
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