Developer CD Series 1990: Discy Business/Discy Business.2mg/DEV.CD/GUIDED.TOURS/IIC.PLUS.TOUR/AT.WORK/LIST.SCRIPT

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Arden, Eve         Quedens, Eunice          Taurus       1912        actor
Arthur, Jean       Greene, Gladys           Libra        1908        actor
Astor, Mary        Langhanke, Lucille       Taurus       1906        actor
Barrymore, John    Blythe, John             Aquarius     1882        actor
Brice, Fanny       Borach, Fanny            Scorpio      1891        comedian
Burns, George      Birnbaum, Nathan         Aquarius     1896        comedian
Checker, Chubby    Evans, Ernest            Libra        1941        singer
Crawford, Joan     Le Sueur, Lucille        Aries        1908        actor
Douglas, Kirk      Demsky, Issur            Sagittarius  1916        actor
Dylan, Bob         Zimmerman, Robert        Gemini       1941        singer
Evans, Dale        Smith, Frances           Scorpio      1912        actor
Fonteyn, Margot    Hookham, Margaret        Taurus       1919        dancer
Ford, John         O'Feeney, Sean           Aquarius     1895        actor
Goldwyn, Samuel    Goldfish, Samuel         Virgo        1882        producer
Harlow, Jean       Carpenter, Harlean       Pisces       1911        actor
Holden, William    Beedle, William Franklin Aries        1918        actor
Hudson, Rock       Fitzgerald, Roy Scherer  Scorpio      1925        actor
John, Elton        Reginald, Dwight         Aries        1947        singer
Lee, Gypsy Rose    Hovick, Rose Louise      Capricorn    1914        stripper
Lorre, Peter       Loewenstein, Loszlo      Cancer       1904        actor
Montand, Yves      Livi, Ivo                Libra        1921        actor
Piaf, Edith        Gassion, Edith           Sagittarius  1915        singer
Randall, Tony      Rosenberg, Leonard       Pisces       1924        actor
Robbins, Harold    Rubin, Harold            Taurus       1916        author
Rooney, Mickey     Yule, John Jr.           Libra        1920        actor
Sales, Soupy       Hines, Milton            Capricorn    1926        comedian
Seuss, Dr.         Geisel, Theodor Seuss    Pisces       1904        author
Sills, Beverly     Silverman, Belle         Gemini       1926        singer
Thomas, Danny      Jacob, Amos              Capricorn    1914        comedian
Holden, William    Beedle, William Franklin Aries        1918        actor
Burns, George      Birnbaum, Nathan         Aquarius     1896        comedian
Barrymore, John    Blythe, John             Aquarius     1882        actor
Brice, Fanny       Borach, Fanny            Scorpio      1891        comedian
Harlow, Jean       Carpenter, Harlean       Pisces       1911        actor
Douglas, Kirk      Demsky, Issur            Sagittarius  1916        actor
Checker, Chubby    Evans, Ernest            Libra        1941        singer
Hudson, Rock       Fitzgerald, Roy Scherer  Scorpio      1925        actor
Piaf, Edith        Gassion, Edith           Sagittarius  1915        singer
Seuss, Dr.         Geisel, Theodor Seuss    Pisces       1904        author
Goldwyn, Samuel    Goldfish, Samuel         Virgo        1882        producer
Arthur, Jean       Greene, Gladys           Libra        1908        actor
Sales, Soupy       Hines, Milton            Capricorn    1926        comedian
Fonteyn, Margot    Hookham, Margaret        Taurus       1919        dancer
Lee, Gypsy Rose    Hovick, Rose Louise      Capricorn    1914        stripper
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Database programs help people keep track of lists of information:  names
and addresses, mailing lists, expenses, inventories, and itineraries, to
name a few.

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Nan Walker is a syndicated celebrity columnist.  She used to keep her
celebrity facts on index cards.  Sometimes the cards got lost.  She
frequently couldn't find the information she needed.

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Now Nan uses a database program to keep track of celebrities.  Nothing
ever gets lost, and she never has trouble locating the information she
needs.

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Here's one of the lists Nan created using the AppleWorks (AW) database
program.  Information shown for each celebrity includes the celebrity's
pseudonym, real name, astrological sign, year of birth, and profession.
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As you might expect, people who develop database programs have created
their own language.  Luckily, it's pretty straightforward.
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All of the information blinking on the screen (that is, all of the
information about one celebrity) is called a record.
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Each kind of information, such as Pseudonym or Real Name, is called a
field or category.
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All of the information collected about a particular subject (that is, all
of the information that Nan has collected about her celebrities) is
called a database.
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One of the major benefits of a database program is that it lets
you store lots of information.  Nan, for example, can store several
hundred celebrity records on her Apple II.
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For the next few minutes, imagine that you're Nan.  You just sent
out your weekly column, so you're feeling relaxed and now have a
few spare minutes to mull over your database.
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The first thing you do is browse through the information you have
collected.
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To see more records, press the DOWN ARROW key until you hear a beep.
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       Press the DOWN ARROW key till you hear the beep.
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The beep signals that you've reached the last record in this rather small
database.
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To go back to the first record,

       Hold down the COMMAND key and press 1.
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       Hold down the COMMAND key and press 1.
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In the world of AW, pressing COMMAND and 1 means "go to
the beginning of the file."
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It's also easy to change or modify
information.  Let's say a reader
writes Nan to report that Dale
Evans's real name was not
Frances Smith, but Frances Octavia
Smith.

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First, you need to move the cursor
down to Dale Evans's record.

     Press the DOWN ARROW key
     10 times.
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     Press the DOWN ARROW key
     % times.
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Next, move the cursor to the Real
Name field.  To move to the next
field,

       Press the TAB key once.
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       Press the TAB key once.
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Now move the cursor to where you
want to add information.

    Press the RIGHT ARROW key 14
    times or until you hear a beep.
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    Press the RIGHT ARROW key %
    times or until you hear the
    beep.
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Now you can simply add the new
information.

      Press the SPACE bar.

      Type: Octavia.

      Press RETURN.
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      Now type: %

      Type: Octavia
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You did it!  Rest assured, Nan will
never make that mistake again!
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Take a minute to look at what's on the
screen.  How are the records arranged?

  A. Alphabetically by real last name.

  B. Alphabetically by pseudonym.

  C. By year of birth.
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But let's suppose you want a list
that displays names alphabetically
by real name.
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You don't have to retype a thing;
all you do is move the cursor so it
rests on a name in the Real Name
category and then tell AW to
rearrange the records in that
category.
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The cursor is already on a name in
the Real Name category.  So all you
need to do is choose the Arrange
option.

  Hold down the COMMAND key
  and press A (for Arrange).
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       Hold down the COMMAND key
       and press A (for Arrange).
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You want to arrange
the real names alpha-
betically, from A to Z.

   Type 1 and press
   RETURN.
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   Type 1
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Instantly you have a list arranged
alphabetically by real name!
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Database programs make it easy to change the way information is
displayed.  For example, with a few keystrokes, you can rearrange the
list so that real names are in the leftmost column. To see how a list
like this looks,

     Press RETURN
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Notice that the real names appear on the left.
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Now suppose you want a list that only includes
celebrities who are Libras.  A trivial task for
a database program!  Just tell AW to find
all those records that include the word "Libra."

First, select the Find option.

       Hold down the COMMAND key and
       press F (for Find).
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Hold down the COMMAND key and press F (for Find).
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Look at the bottom of the screen.
It says, "Type comparison information."
AW wants you to specify what
information it should find.

       Type: Libra

       Press RETURN.
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       Type: Libra

       Type %

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You got it, the records of all the Libras.  To get back to the full
list of celebrities,

       Press ESC.
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       Press ESCAPE.
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It turns out that Nan is a very thorough reporter and that she has
a lot more information about each celeb than can fit on one line.
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To see all of the information that Nan has recorded,
use AW's Zoom option.  Suppose, for example,
that you want to check out Dr. Seuss.
First move the cursor to Geisel's record.

   Press the DOWN ARROW key 9 times or until it is
   on Geisel's record.  (Dr. Seuss's real name.)
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    Press the DOWN ARROW key % times or until it
    is on Dr. Seuss' record.
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You did it.  Next, select the Zoom option.

      Hold down the COMMAND key and press Z (for Zoom)
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      Hold down the COMMAND key and press Z (for Zoom)
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There it is!  The lowdown on the Doctor.

To get back to the complete list,
just choose the Zoom option again.

  Hold down the COMMAND key and press Z.
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 Hold down the COMMAND key and press Z.
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There!  You're back where you started.
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Once you have your information in the form you want it, you can get a
paper copy in minutes just by choosing AW's Print option.
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You have been introduced to just a few of the many tasks database
programs can perform.  If you think a database program could help make
your life more orderly, ask your dealer to recommend the database program
that would work best for you.
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Press RETURN to go on or COMMAND-ESC to return to the menu.
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