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All records are sequentially renumbered if one of more records is inserted.
File inserts only as many fields of data from scrap as there are fields to
receive them.
If columns are inserted, File attempts to provide a format for the inserted
column(s).
If you attempt to insert scrap data into fields formatted differently, File tries
to convert the inserted field's formats. Number and date/time formats are
not interchangeable. (One cannot be converted to the other.)
Jump
Use the Jump command to move the cursor to a specific record and column
or to select large portions of the data base.
I. PressQ] for the Jump command. The screen shows:
2. The current record number or id is the proposed response. Use the
proposed response, or type the number or name of the record to which
you wish tojump.
(For example, type: 15 to move to record 15, form to move to the
FORM record,
new
to move to the NEW record, and so forth.)
3. Press I
TAB
I to move to the column field. The current column number or
id is the proposed response. Use the proposed response, or type the
number or id of the column to which you wish to jump.
(For example, type:
name
to move to a column titled name, C3 to move
to the untitled third column,
new
to move to the NEW column, and so
forth.)
4. Press
I
ENTER
I to carry out the Jump command.
To select large portions of a data base, press
[£[J
before you press Q] in
Step I. Type the record and column, and press I
ENTER
I. The screen
highlights the fields starting from (but not including) the original field, to
the record and column you entered.
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