34 Transferring Text to a Computer
substantially, so transferring to other databases may require experimen-
tation.
1. Create your database in AppleWorks if you haven’t already done so,
and set up your fields.
2. Create a tab-delimited record on the AlphaSmart 3000 by
entering the data in the tab order of the database, and then
pressing the enter key at the end of each record. The tabs
separate the fields and the return indicates the end of the
previous record and the beginning of the next one. Enter as
many records as you want in a single AlphaSmart 3000 file—
you do not need to save each record into a separate file.
3. Open the database in AppleWorks on the Macintosh.
4. Open a new empty word processing file.
5. Connect the AlphaSmart to the Mac keyboard cable.
6. Download the data file from the AlphaSmart 3000 to the empty
AppleWorks word processing document by pressing the send
key on the AlphaSmart 3000.
7. Select all the downloaded text by choosing Select All from the
Mac Edit menu. (x-A).
8. Copy the data to the clipboard by choosing Copy from the Edit
menu (x-C or ctrl-C).
9. Make the database the active AppleWorks document, either by
choosing the database file in the View menu or by clicking once
in the database window (Do not click on an individual field in
the document to make it the active field or all the data will be
put into the one field).
10.Paste the data from the clipboard by selecting Paste from the Edit
menu or by pressing x-V or ctrl-V. The data will be transferred to
the database, beginning with the second record if there was already
a record in the database (a newly-created database will have an
empty record as the first record).
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