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Saving a find request (named search), Show All Records

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8-26 AppleWorks 5 User's Manual As you work with find requests, keep the following tips in mind: 1 You can save and reuse a find request by creating a named search. For more information, see "Saving a find request (named search)," next. 1 Pop-up menus, radio buttons, or checkbox fields are initially excluded from a find request. If you select a value for a find request and then change your mind, you can still exclude the value. To exclude a Pop-up menu Radio button Checkbox field Do this in the find request Choose Don't Care. Click the radio button again. Click the checkbox until you see a hyphen. 1 When you sort, search for, or hide records, AppleWorks renumbers the set of displayed records, beginning with 1 for the first record in the current set. To display all records in the database, click on the Default button bar, or choose Show All Records from the Organize menu. Saving a find request (named search) In the Help index,* see: E named searches You can save a find request by creating a named search. Once you create a named search, you can use it whenever you want to find records. You can also rename, modify, or delete named searches. Selecting a named search To Create a named search Use a named search Modify a named search Rename a named search Delete a named search From the Search pop-up menu, choose New Search. Type a name for the search criteria, and then click OK. Type the search criteria in the find request, and then click Store (on the status panel). The named search Edit Searches. Modify the search criteria, and then click Store. Edit Searches. Select a named search from the list and click Modify. Type a new name, click OK, and then click Store. Edit Searches. Select a named search from the list, click Delete, click OK, and then click Store. * Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from the list and click Go To Topic.

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8-26
AppleWorks 5 User’s Manual
As you work with find requests, keep the following tips in mind:
1
You can save and reuse a find request by creating a named search. For
more information, see “Saving a find request (named search),” next.
1
Pop-up menus, radio buttons, or checkbox fields are initially excluded
from a find request. If you select a value for a find request and then change
your mind, you can still exclude the value.
1
When you sort, search for, or hide records, AppleWorks renumbers the set
of displayed records, beginning with 1 for the first record in the current
set. To display all records in the database, click
on the Default button
bar, or choose
Show All Records
from the Organize menu.
Saving a find request (named search)
You can save a find request by creating a
named search
. Once you create a
named search, you can use it whenever you want to find records. You can
also rename, modify, or delete named searches.
To exclude a
Do this in the find request
Pop-up menu
Choose
Don’t Care.
Radio button
Click the radio button again.
Checkbox field
Click the checkbox until you see a hyphen.
To
From the Search
pop-up menu, choose
Create a named search
New Search
. Type a name for the search criteria, and then click
OK
. Type the search criteria in the find request, and then click
Store
(on the status panel).
Use a named search
The named search
Modify a named search
Edit Searches
. Modify the search criteria, and then click
Store
.
Rename a named search
Edit Searches
. Select a named search from the list and click
Modify
. Type a new name, click
OK
, and then click
Store
.
Delete a named search
Edit Searches
. Select a named search from the list, click
Delete,
click
OK
, and then click
Store
.
*
Choose Index from the
or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
In the Help index,
*
see:
E
named searches
Selecting a
named search