Apple M9057 User Manual - Page 196
Adding records, Browse, New Record
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8-14 AppleWorks 5 User's Manual To Enter a name in a name field Enter a picture or movie in a multimedia field Choose a value from a predefined list Do this For names that you want to sort by the last word in the field, type the first and last name (for example, Jane Adams sorts by Adams). For names that end with a title, type Option-space between the last name and the title (for example, James Smith Jr. sorts by Smith). For names that you want to sort by the first word in the field, type @ at the beginning of the field (for example, @Treetop Books sorts by Treetop). You see the @ symbol only when you select the field. Use one of the following methods: 1 Copy and paste a picture or movie from a different document. 1 Choose Insert from the File menu, and then select the picture or movie file using the Insert dialog box. 1 Add or drag and drop an object from a library palette. 1 Use drag and drop to drag the picture or movie file into the AppleWorks database field. When a field contains a picture, you see the picture in the field. When the field contains a movie, you see a preview image of the movie. To play a movie, see "Playing movies in multimedia fields" on page 8-17. Select the field to see the predefined list. Then double-click a value, or select the value and press Enter (on the numeric keypad). Adding records In the Help index,* see: E New Record command E drag and drop To add a record, choose Browse or List from the Layout menu, and then click on the Default button bar, (or choose New Record from the Edit menu). AppleWorks displays the record in the current layout and increases the record number in the status area by one. You can quickly add a new record by typing 2-R. AppleWorks adds new records after all the records in your database. You can move selected records between existing records by using drag and drop. (To view records in a particular order, regardless of the order in which you entered them in the database, you can sort them. See "Sorting records" on page 8-22.) * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.