ChaDter
51
Filer
Your form should look like this:
16.
One more label needs to be added. Press
(ENTER)
to move the
marker to the label area.
17.
To insert a label between
P
h
o
n
e
and
A m
o
u
n
t
D
u
e,
move the
marker to the beginning of the
Am
o
u
n
t
D
u
e
line, and press
0
to Add a label.
18.
Type
Due Date
CENTER)
as the label. To specify a
--I--/--
format
for the date, press
0
8
times. Use the arrow keys to go back
and type
2
1’s;
then press
(ENTER).
19.
To specify a data field as numeric, use the Number function. With
the marker on the
Am
o
u
n
t
D
u
e
line, press
EO).
The dollar
amounts are right-justified after you enter data for this label and
the record is added to the file.
Arranging Records Using Order
Use the Order function to arrange the records according to
1
or more
fields. For example, suppose Edwin wants the records
to
be sorted
according to
D
u
e
D
a
t
e
and
C
om
p
a
n
y
name. You specify
D
u
e
D
a
t
e
as the first label by which to sort, and then
C
om
p
a
n
y
as
the second label by which to sort.
The records are then arranged
so
that the first record displayed has
the earliest
D
u
e
D
a
t
e.
If
2
records have the same
D
u
e
D
a
t
e,
the record with the
C
o
m
pa
n
y
that comes first alphabetically is
displayed before the other.
Tandy
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