E000Your company, Mercury Sports, manufactures a line of athletic shoes, and you need a way to keep track of all your merchandise...fast!
E010A DATABASE is an organized collection of data, and each item in a database is called a RECORD. 
E020Approach stores the information about each shoe in a record. The data in records is divided into FIELDS, such as product, price and category.
E030In Approach, you work in Approach files. An Approach file is actually a window onto the database file where your data is stored. 
E040You can enter and edit data...
E041...find and sort records by typing in a key element...
E042...and organize and print information. 
E050The Approach file also stores the forms, reports, worksheets, crosstabs, letters and mailing labels you create.
E060This arrangement lets you use data from a variety of database files -  and a variety of database types.
E070You can store all your business data in Approach: customers, products, inventory, invoices, and much more!
E080Let's explore a sample file: a database of the products you manufacture. You'll learn how to...