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Working with related tables and files
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About relationships
About the relationships graph
Adding text notes to the relationships graph
You can add a text note to the relationships graph. You can edit, format, resize, align, duplicate, and
delete text notes.
To add a text note to the relationships graph:
1. With the database open, choose File menu > Manage > Database.
2. In the Manage Database dialog box, click the Relationships tab.
3. Click .
4. Position the crosshair pointer where you want to draw the text note.
5. Click and drag the crosshair pointer to create the text note.
The Edit Note dialog box appears.
6. Enter text.
Change the font, font size, font color, and background color of the note if desired.
7. Click OK.
To edit a text note:
1. Double-click a text note, or select a text note and click .
The Edit Note dialog box appears.
2. Make your changes.
3. Click OK.
To delete a text note:
1. Select the text note.
2. Click , or press Delete.
Note Text notes appear behind tables and relationships, so they can be hidden.
Related topics
About relationships
About the relationships graph
Summarizing data in portals
You can summarize data that's in a related field displayed in a portal. For example, you can get the
total of all related records, the smallest or largest related record, or find the standard deviation of all
related records in your portal. The portal can contain records from a
related table or from the same
table, using a relationship defined from and to the current table (a self-join).