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- DATA MENU HELP
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- Data Menu Items are used to build Databases and perform database
- operations. Before you can execute a database operation, you must
- first name a Database Range and then name a Criteria Range.
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- Find
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- Highlights Records that match a certain criteria. Find starts at the
- top of the Database and locates the first match. To see the next
- match, use the down Arrow Key. The up Arrow Key is used to see a
- previous matching Record.
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- Extract
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- Copies selected Records onto a new Range on the Worksheet.
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- All - all Records are copied including
- duplicates.
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- Unique - Duplicate Records are dropped
- after one Record is copied.
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- Delete
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- Delete removes selected Records from the Worksheet. Once a Record
- is removed, all Records below it are moved up one Row and a blank
- record is inserted at the bottom. A Requester verifies each
- deletion.
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- Single Record - deletes the currently selected record.
- Matching Records - deletes all records matching the criteria.
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- Define Database
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- Used to treat a selected Range as a Database. First Row of the
- Range must contain Field Names. A Requester appears to key in
- the Database Name.
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- Define Criteria Range
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- Used to treat a selected Range as a Database Criteria. Various
- types of Criteria have different formats. Generally, If more than
- one Field is filled in within a given row, then ALL CONDITIONS
- within that Row of the Criteria Range must be met (AND function).
- If more than one Row is filled in, then any of the Rows causing a
- match will select a Record ( OR function).
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- To match a specific criteria YOU MUST PUT AN EQUAL SIGN in front
- of the criteria comparison field. Examples: =>32 or =<>55.
- To test for an exact match you must use two equal signs: ==37.
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- A Requester appears to key in a Criteria Range Name.
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- Select Database
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- Used to access an existing Database. Displays a Database Name
- Requester window for selecting an existing Database.
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- Select Crtiera
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- Used to access an existing Criteria Range. Displays a Criteria Name
- Requester window for selecting an existing Criteria Range.
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- Sort
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- Reorders Records of Database based on a defined Criteria. The
- Criteria typically takes the form of Field Names in the first
- Row of the Criteria Range. The second Row has numbers that tell
- Plan/IT what order to sort the Fields. For example, to sort a
- phone list by last name, then first name, put a 2 in the last name
- Field and a 1 in the first name Field.
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- Save Data as Text
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- Allows any Database Range to be renamed and saved as a tab delineated
- text file for export to other programs such as for mail merge.
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- Load Text as Data
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- Allows the import of files saved in a tab delineated format into a
- Plan/IT Database.
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