Overview
This tutorial provides a brief introduction to LibreOffice Base software. Base is a powerful database manager, part of the LibreOffice productivity suite.
LibreOffice Base
It allows you to store, manage, and maintain different data collections. The Base makes it easy to keep track of your finances, customers, invoices, or even just the contacts in your address book.
Some of the features of the Base application are as follows:
- Manage databases and create, alter, and delete database objects.
- Create Database Queries
- Reports to track and manage your information.
- Forms are user interfaces designed for data entry, modification, and viewing.
LibreOffice Base provides wizards to help new users create tables, queries, forms, and reports easily.
For power users and businesses, it offers native support for popular multi-user database engines like PostgreSQL, MySQL, and MS Access.
In addition, the built-in support for JDBC- and ODBC-standard drivers allows you to connect to virtually any other existing database engine.