1. Introducing Impress AOSS _ Course material AOSS Master training workshop Singapore 2007

2. Content  What is ooBase aka Base?  Database Wizard  Saving Database  Table Design  Form Wizard  Report Wizard

3. What is ooBase?  OpenOffice.org Base is the database application of OpenOffice.org, similar to Microsoft Access.  Base allows the creation and manipulation of databases and the building of forms and reports to provide easy access to data for end-users.  Base was not available in the 1.x versions of OpenOffice.org, becoming part of the suite starting with version 2.0.  Base offers a choice of using Wizards, Design Views, or SQL Views for beginners, intermediate, and advanced users.

4. Database Wizard 1. Choose Create New 2. Click Next

5. Let’s Create a Sample Data Participa nt_Id Participant_NameCountry 1Muazzam AliPakistan 2Trianggoro WiradinataIndonesia 3Kasturi Dewi VarathanMalaysia

6. Saving Database 1.Click Finish and 2.Type your database name: Participants

7. Main Panel of Database Participants 1. Choose Tables 2. Choose Create Table in Design View

8. Table Design 1. Right Click participant_id and set as primary key 2. Save created table by clicking Save Button 3. Type “Participants” as Table Name

9. Inserting Data Manually 1. Double Click Participants Table

10. Inserting Data Manually (cont’d) 1.Directly type in the data 2.Don’t forget to save by clicking Save Toolbar

11. Using Form Wizard 1.Select Forms 2. Select Use Wizard to Create Form

12. Using Form Wizard (cont’d) 1.Select Table: Participants 2. Select All Available Fields by clicking >> button 3. Click Next, and skip subform since we are not using any subform

13. Using Form Wizard (cont’d) 1.Select the second: Columnar – Labels on Top 2. Click Next

14. Using Form Wizard (cont’d) 1. Click Next, no change on this dialog

15. Using Form Wizard (cont’d) 1. Select the style for your form 2. Click Next

16. Using Form Wizard (cont’d) 1. Type the form name Participants 2. Click Finish

17. Using Form Wizard (cont’d)

18. Adding New Record 1. Click the New Record button to add data 2. Type the new Data 3. Click the Save Record button to save your data

19. Any Detail is missing?  We have recorded the simple tutorial using open source application called:  CamStudio from RenderSoft  Download URL: http://camstudio.org/http://camstudio.org/  File Name: intro_to_base.avi