Owner's manual

Contents IX
Chapter 8: Database
When to use a database 8-1
Database basics 8-1
What’s a database? 8-2
Using Browse, List, Find, and Layout modes 8-2
Creating a database document 8-3
Example: Creating a simple database 8-3
Part 1: Start a new database document 8-4
Part 2: Define two fields 8-4
Part 3: Enter two values into the fields 8-5
Part 4: Make new records 8-5
Part 5: Finish entering data in the new records 8-5
Part 6: Close the database 8-6
Designing a database 8-6
Defining database fields 8-7
Adding fields to an existing database 8-7
Assigning field types 8-8
Checking or entering data automatically 8-10
Defining calculation and summary fields 8-11
Adding, changing, and deleting fields 8-12
Entering data in fields 8-13
Adding records 8-14
Changing the tab order 8-15
Duplicating, deleting, and moving records 8-15
Moving through records 8-16
Viewing records 8-17
Playing movies in multimedia fields 8-17
Working with rows and columns in List mode 8-18
Selecting rows and columns 8-18
Resizing rows and columns 8-19
Moving columns and formatting data 8-20
Selecting and hiding records 8-21
Sorting records 8-22
Finding information 8-24
Finding text 8-24
Finding records with a find request 8-24
Saving a find request (named search) 8-26
Matching records 8-27
Working with layouts 8-28