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Use the third column for addresses.
I. The cursor is in the third column in the FORM record. The screen
shows:
2. Press
I:£[]
to select the first character in the
EDIT
field. Type 20 a's to
add 20 characters to the third column, making it 30 characters wide.
3. Press GJ. File labels the third column C3 and adds a NEW column.
Use the fourth column for phone numbers. Because phone numbers in
addresses are descriptive rather than mathematical, format them as text.
I. The cursor is in the fourth column in the FORM record. The screen
shows:
2. Type
(aaa) aaa-aaaa.
The parentheses around the area code and the
dash between the first 3 and last 4 digits of the phone number are
boilerplate characters.
File automatically inserts these characters into any phone number field
you fill in later. File also inserts the space between the area code and the
phone number.
3. PressGJ. File labels the fourth column C4 and adds a NEW column.
The last column in your data base contains birthdays.
I. The cursor is in the fifth column in the FORM record. The screen
shows:
2. Type
mm/dd
to replace the current format. The / between the parts of
the date format is a boilerplate character. Like the boilerplate
characters in the Phone column, File automatically inserts this character
into any "Birthday" field you fill in later.
3. Press
GJ
4 times to redisplay Column I.
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