Finding An Entry

FilePad allows you to quickly search your database for entries meeting certain criteria.

1.  Open the “Students” database by tapping on its icon in the Cabinet View.

2.  Open the Browser View by tapping the Overview dot (located between the two Scroll arrows at the base your Newton):

  
 The Browser View opens:

3.  Tap the Find button.  The Find View displays:

4.  Enter a word to search for, i.e. “Bobby”.

5.  Tap the Find button.  The results of your search display in the Browser.

6.  To do a more complex search, press the “More Choices” button.  A Query Table displays:

7.  To find students with a grade average of “A”, tap the button which currently says “Last:”  A poplist appears.  Select “Grade Average”.

8.  Tap the button displaying the “>” sign.  Another poplist appears.  Select “=”.

9.  Write an “A” in the input line.

10.  Press the “Add to Query” button.  The criterion appears in the Query Table.

11.  Press the Find button.  After searching, FilePad reports that it found two entries meeting the criterion.

12.  Close the Find View by tapping its close box.  The two desired entries are displayed in the Browser.

13.  Tap on one if the entries and close the Browser View by tapping its close box or the overview dot.  The entry you selected is displayed.

14.  Tap the Done button to return to the Cabinet View.