In VIEW, you also can EDIT your database. Essentially,
it works like this: use the cursor keys or click the
scroll bar arrows to move to a file position. Once you
are at the Record you need to edit, click the EDIT key
(or press 'E'). Press ESCAPE or click the EXIT pushbutton
to get back to VIEW. In VIEW, You can click and drag the
scroll button up and down to get to a relative file
position. Alternately, you can choose a record by entry
of a record number.
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Alternate methods abound: the screen bottom is filled
with pushbuttons. For instance, to get to the File Bottom
(Record 1), you can Click FIRST, Press 'F', drag the
scroll button to the bottom, Click the Down Arrow several
times, or use the Down Cursor Key. Whew!
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By the way, the File BOTTOM is Record 1, not the other
way around. Why? Think of the records as being stacked up
as several sheets of paper, with the last page (on top)
as the last record you put in place.The Very First Record
is at the bottom of the pile. When you want to add a new
record, Click (choose) LAST, and click the UP arrow to
get to LAST + 1, which is an empty record. Fill it in,
and if this were a real stack, you would put it at the
top -- not stuff it underneath the bottom page.
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To EDIT, click (choose) EDIT or 'E'. You can use the
cursor keys to cycle through the records, or you point to
the desired record and click. The record which will then
be edited is shown in RED. Now just type your data. Field
4 and Field 7 are used as a special case -- common
spelling files. Field 7 is used as CONDITION. Just Click
the desired condition or, use the cursor keys to cycle
and press ENTER. In Field 4, YOU MUST USE THE MOUSE to
Click the desired entry. More in the manual about this.
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The Clipboard in the lower left of the screen is used to
copy the contents of a Data Record from one record to
another. Press 'C' or click the Clipboard. Press 'I' or
click 'IN' to COPY the current screen record into the
Clipboard. Press 'O' or click 'OUT' to PASTE the contents
of the Clipboard to any other record.
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If you click the 'Legal Pad' area, you will pop up the
QUICK GUAGE window. This uses guages to give you a better
idea of the financial relationships of your collection,
and can be used as a quick indicator of appreciation,etc.
