# Database Overview

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databases; overview
data source view; overview
data source explorer
explorer of data sources
Database Overview
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Working with databases in %PRODUCTNAME
Data Source View
Choose View - Data Sources or press F4 to call the data source view from a text document or spreadsheet.
On the left you can see the Data source explorer. If you select a table or query there, you see the contents of this table or query on the right. At the top margin is the Table Data bar.
Data Sources
Address book as data source
View data source contents
Menu bar of a database file
Forms and Reports
Create new form document, edit form controls, Form Wizard
Entering data versus editing form
Report Wizard
Queries
Create new query or table view, edit query structure
Query Wizard
Enter, edit and copy records
Tables
Create new table, edit table structure, index, relations
Table Wizard
Enter, edit and copy records