Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS - Manual (Page 185)

Database 8-3
Creating a database document
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.
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
In the Help index, * see:
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