Starting And Quitting File - Tandy 600 Owner's Manual

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Starting and Quitting File
File is the third application name that appears on the System Manager
screen. When you first start the Tandy 600 or return to the System
Manager screen from another application, the cursor highlights the Word
application. Run is the default on the System Manager command menu.
To create a File data base:
1. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor over FI lE, place the selection
marker over
Run,
and press
1
ENTER
I.
The Run command fields appear:
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2. Press
1
TAB
I.
Type a name for the data base you are creating.
If
you do
not type a filename, File names your data base WORK.
3. Press I
ENTER
I.
A File screen appears. File begins in the Command
mode.
To open an existing data base:
1. Use the arrow keys to place the cursor over the name of the work file for
the data base you want to open.
2. Place the command selection marker over
Run,
and press 1
ENTER
I. The
File screen for the data base appears. The cursor appears in the same
position as when you last accessed the data base. File begins in the
Command mode.
Quit the File application and return to the System Manager by pressing
1
CTRL
1
[IillJ.
Quit the File application and return to the previous
application by pressing
1
CTRL
I
[J]J.
When you quit File, the data base is
stored in two files, a work file and data file.
The name of the work file (extension .FIL) appears to the right of FilE on
the System Manager screen. The work file contains the data base
formatting information: number of records, width of columns, header
information, and location of the cursor when you quit the program.
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