Alphasmart 3000 User Manual page 43

substantially, so transferring to other databases may require experimen-
tation.
1. Create your database in AppleWorks if you haven't already done so,
2. Create a tab-delimited record on the AlphaSmart 3000 by
3. Open the database in AppleWorks on the Macintosh.
4. Open a new empty word processing file.
5. Connect the AlphaSmart to the Mac keyboard cable.
6. Download the data file from the AlphaSmart 3000 to the empty
7. Select all the downloaded text by choosing Select All from the
8. Copy the data to the clipboard by choosing Copy from the Edit
9. Make the database the active AppleWorks document, either by
10.Paste the data from the clipboard by selecting Paste from the Edit
34 Transferring Text to a Computer
and set up your fields.
entering the data in the tab order of the database, and then
pressing the enter key at the end of each record. The tabs
separate the fields and the return indicates the end of the
previous record and the beginning of the next one. Enter as
many records as you want in a single AlphaSmart 3000 file—
you do not need to save each record into a separate file.
AppleWorks word processing document by pressing the send
key on the AlphaSmart 3000.
Mac Edit menu. ( -A).
x
menu ( -C or ctrl-C).
x
choosing the database file in the View menu or by clicking once
in the database window (Do not click on an individual field in
the document to make it the active field or all the data will be
put into the one field).
menu or by pressing
the database, beginning with the second record if there was already
a record in the database (a newly-created database will have an
empty record as the first record).
-V or ctrl-V. The data will be transferred to
x