Views and queries let you cherrypick what fields, and what data, you want to see. You can also create calculated fields to add data, and change the field names. You can then base mail merges, among other things, on what you've created.
This is an article on creating views in OpenOffice.org 2.0. Queries are pretty much the same thing with a few differences.
See also part 1 and part 2 of an article about creating databases in the database tool in OpenOffice.org 2.0, and the forms article, part 1 and part 2.
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