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Adding and viewing data
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• copy and paste images, QuickTime movies, and insert files (such as word processing files
or PDF files) into container fields.
• use drag and drop to move data between fields, from one file to another, or from another
application. See
Moving text and data with drag and drop.
• import data. See Saving and sending records in other formats.
• use lookups or relationships to copy or display data from other database files.
Note If you're working with a database that doesn't have any records, you must create a record
before entering data.
Selecting a field in Browse mode or Find mode
In Browse mode, you select a field to work with data. In Find mode, you select a field to enter a find
request.
Notes
• The boundaries of a selected field are solid lines; boundaries of other fields are dotted lines.
• When you select a rotated field in Browse mode or Find mode, the field is temporarily
displayed unrotated while the field is selected. See
Rotating objects.
• To change the order in which pressing a key moves you through fields, set the tab order for
the layout. See
Setting the tab order for data entry.
• You can't press a key to move to some fields:
• You can't move into fields omitted from the tab order.
• In Browse mode, you can't press a key to select summary or calculation fields.
• In Find mode, you can't press a key to move into summary fields.
• If you cannot select a field, the field could be formatted to prevent entry. See Allowing or
preventing entry into fields.
• You cannot tab into or out of a popover; however, you can tab to a popover button and
display its associated popover by pressing the Space bar. Then you can tab between the
objects on the popover.
Related topics
Finding records
Selecting the current record
To Do this
Select a field Click in the field.
Select the contents of a field Select the field, then choose Edit menu > Select All.
Move to the next field in a record (in the
established
tab order)
Try pressing Tab, Enter, or Return.
Notes
• You can set which keys move to the next field. See Setting
the keys for exiting a field.
• Fields on tab panels or slide panels that are not on the
front-most panel are skipped.
Move to the previous field Press Shift-Tab, Shift-Return, or Shift-Enter.