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Duplicating Data From a Previous Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

3–4
Creating and Deleting Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Creating Translations for a Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–5
Invoking an Editor for a Field . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–6
Learning About a Record . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–7
Using a List of Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Basic Business Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3–9
Major List Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 10
Choosing a Value from a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 13
Modifying a List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 14
Using the Calendar to Enter Dates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 15
Basic Business Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 15
Using the Calendar Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 15
Searching for Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 19
Basic Business Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 19
Using Query Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 20
Performing Query–by–Example and Query Count . . . . . . . . 3 – 22
Reviewing Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 25
Using a Direct Entry Window to Retrieve a Record . . . . . . . . 3 – 26
Selecting Multiple Records . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 – 27

Chapter 4 Customizing the Presentation of Data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–1


Customizing the Presentation of Data in a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–2
Basic Business Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Using Folder Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–3
Querying Records in a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–4
Customizing the Layout of a Folder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–7
Managing Folder Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4–9

Chapter 5 Using Flexfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–1


Overview of Flexfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Basic Business Needs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–2
Major Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5–6
Entering Data into Flexfields . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 10
Entering Data in a Descriptive Flexfield Window . . . . . . . . . 5 – 10
Entering Data Directly in a Key Flexfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 11
Data Entry in a Key Flexfield Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 14
Using Shorthand Aliases in a Key Flexfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 18
Entering Data in a Range Flexfield . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 – 20

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