Apple AppleWorks 5 : Mac OS - Manual (Page 195)

Database 8-13
Entering data in fields
When you finish defining the database fields, you see them displayed in
Browse mode in a standard layout, in the order you created them. You can
now start entering data.
You enter data in Browse mode (or List mode, when you select List from the
Layout menu) by selecting a field and typing a value in it. You can’t select a
field that contains a formula or a field whose type is Record Info, because
AppleWorks enters those values for you.
Note If the entire record becomes selected, it means you clicked outside a
field and selected the whole record. To select a field, click within the field
borders. To deselect a record, press Enter (on the numeric keypad), and then
try again. Or, make the first field active by pressing Tab.
* Choose Index from the or Help menu and scroll to the entry. Then choose a topic from
the list and click Go To Topic.
To Do this
Move to the next field Press Tab.
Move to the previous field Press Shift-Tab.
Edit data in a field Click in the field and edit the data.
Insert a tab within a field Press 2-Tab.
Enter the current date in a date field
or current time in a time field Press 2-Hyphen.
Enter a date, time, or number Type numerals and punctuation characters.
In the Help index, * see:
E
fields, changing
E
fields, entering data
E
fields, navigating
To select a field,
click within its
borders
Fields for one
record
Current number of
records
Fields in a standard layout (in Browse mode)
Drag the control up or down to move
quickly through records
Click outside a field border
to select the whole record