Bibliographic/FAQ

How do I use a text Bibliographic Database?

Note: These instruction are for OpenOffice version 2.x.

To use a text Comma Separated Value (.csv) file as a bibliographic database you MUST have exactly the same number of fields and field names as the original biblo db. Also the Field Delimiter needs to be semi-colon ';'. Name the file 'biblio.csv'

Now you now need to make the biblio.csv the OOo Bibliography DB.

Go to Tools->Options-OpenOffice.org Base->Databases.

Edit the 'Bibliography' database entry, and change the name from 'Bibliography' to 'Bibliography-org'

Now install the new Database File->New->Database->'Connect to an Existing database';Option=Text.

Select the path to your biblio.csv file, select the 'Comma Separated Value' CSV file option. Then select Finish. When prompted with the save option enter 'Bibliography'

Now try Tools->Bibliography Database - your biblio.csv data should be visible.

Note: the text / csv database is read only to OpenOffice. To make any changes and you need to do edit text file again and reload the Bibliography database - F4 select the table biblio (the data shows) select refresh or rebuild from the icons above the bib data.