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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Creating, opening, and printing documents
- Starting AppleWorks
- Creating a document
- Saving a document
- Opening a document
- Finding documents
- Linking to other documents
- Saving document formatting as templates (stationery)
- Identifying your documents
- Protecting documents with passwords
- Importing and exporting documents
- Converting documents
- Closing a document and leaving AppleWorks
- Printing a document or Help topic
- Chapter 3: Basics
- Chapter 4: Text (word processing)
- When to use a word processing document
- Text basics
- Changing text appearance
- Changing paragraph formats
- Sorting paragraphs
- Outlining
- Creating tables
- Working with pages
- Dividing a document into sections
- Adding footnotes and endnotes
- Finding and changing text
- Using writing tools
- Adding pictures and frames to text
- Creating links in word processing documents
- Chapter 5: Drawing
- When to use a drawing
- Drawing basics
- Changing the appearance of objects
- Connecting objects
- Arranging objects
- Locking objects to prevent changes
- Creating a master page
- Adding pages to a draw document
- Creating custom colors, patterns, gradients, and textures
- Adding clip art
- Adding text, spreadsheet, or paint frames
- Creating links in draw documents
- Chapter 6: Painting
- Chapter 7: Spreadsheet
- When to use a spreadsheet
- Spreadsheet basics
- Modifying cell data
- Naming cells and ranges
- Changing cells, rows, and columns
- Adding and removing page breaks
- Changing the display
- Printing a spreadsheet document
- Working with formulas
- Cell references in formulas
- Working with functions
- Displaying data in charts (graphs)
- Adding pictures or a text frame
- Creating links in spreadsheet documents
- Chapter 8: Database
- When to use a database
- Database basics
- Example: Creating a simple database
- Designing a database
- Entering data in fields
- Duplicating, deleting, and moving records
- Moving through records
- Viewing records
- Playing movies in multimedia fields
- Working with rows and columns in List mode
- Selecting and hiding records
- Sorting records
- Finding information
- Working with layouts
- Changing the appearance of data
- Presenting and summarizing data with parts
- Creating reports
- Importing data from other documents
- Printing a database document
- Chapter 9: Beyond the basics
- Chapter 10: Communications
- Chapter 11: AppleWorks and the Internet
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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