Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 185

Database 8-3 In Find mode, you search for specific records to work with In Layout mode, you design the way you want the data to appear when viewed or printed Creating a database document In the Help index,* see: E documents, creating Note You can't create a database document within another document. To create a database document when AppleWorks is running, choose New from the File menu. In the New Document dialog box, select Database, and then click OK. Or, click on the Default button bar. (If you don't see the button bar, choose Show Button Bar from the Window menu.) When you open a new database document, you begin by defining fields. The field definition consists of the field name, field type (such as text or number), and other options. Once you have defined the fields, you make new records and enter values (data) in the fields. Example: Creating a simple database In this section, you set up an example database with two fields and three records. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.