Using browse, list, find, and layout modes – Apple AppleWorks 5 : Windows 95/NT 4.0 User Manual

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These are the elements that make up a database.

Using Browse, List, Find, and Layout modes

In AppleWorks there are four modes in which to work with a database—
Browse, List, Find, and Layout. You select a mode using the corresponding
command in the Layout menu.

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Choose Index from the Help menu and type the first few letters of the entry. Double-click the
entry and then double-click a topic.

Each category of information

is a

field

The information in each field is a

value;

values can be text, numbers, dates, times,
pictures, references to movies, or
formulas that calculate values

A set of fields is a

record

In the Help index,

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see:

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Browse mode

In Browse and List modes, you
view, add, change, and delete
records

Browse mode

List mode

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