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Date: Fri, 05 Oct 2012 13:44:10 -0400
From: Dan Lewis <elderdanlewis@gmail.com>
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CC: "Wellington Equine Associates (Shannon)" <shannonwequine@aol.com>
Subject: Re: having major problem with a database,  please help quickly!
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On 10/05/2012 01:08 PM, Wellington Equine Associates (Shannon) wrote:
> I think I maybe have a big "fubar" on my hands.  And pardon my ignoranc=
e because I don't "speak" computerese.  Yesterday I created a Table Maili=
ng List database.  All was well.  Today I needed to add some more people =
to the list.  That was fine.  Was also able to sort it to keep it alphabe=
tized by last name.  My problem started when I wanted to change the ID fi=
eld to automatic.  I think that it accepted the change, but didn't change=
 when I opened the table again.  I went back into edit to change it back =
and somehow I deleted the ID field, which to me was not that big of a dea=
l, but it moved all of my information over a field i.e., my "first name" =
was now in the Title field and all of the Title information was gone.  So=
, I went in and renamed the fields to what they were now showing.  When I=
 went back to look at the table again, the information had shifted again =
and this time the first names were missing.  Each change I made in the fi=
eld titles resulted in more missing information.  How do I get ALL of my =
info back???  I don't want to have to start all over and I did not have t=
he backup copy option selected.  I have in the meantime chosen it.  Pleas=
e help soon!  Thank you!
> Shannon
      Try this: With Writer open, use the F4 key to open the Data Source =

window. You should see a list of databases on the left side including=20
Table Mailing List. If you see it, click the arrow to its left to reveal =

the queries and tables it contains. Click the arrow in front of Tables=20
to reveal the tables (there is probably only the one table). Click the=20
table. The right side of the Data Source window contains a table with=20
the field names for the column headings. In spite of what you wrote, all =

of the fields and their data is likely in this table.
      This is another possibility: What you did was to change the=20
settings in Mail Merge. If this is the case and you still have the table =

with the data, you probably should Begin mail merge from the beginning=20
selecting the fields needed and placing them where you need them.

--Dan


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