Brother SC-2000 Creating a database, Create a new database document and new table, First, City

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Creating a database

The following are the basic steps for creating a database.

1.Create a new database document and a new table.

2.Define the field names and their formats.

3.Create records and input the record data.

In order to understand how a database is created and used, we will perform the above steps to make a database containing the following data:

First	Last	Address	City	State	Zip Code
Name	Name
John	Jones	1 Baker Street	Portsmouth	OH	32468
Mary	Smith	1 Crescent	Chicago	IL	46901
		Road
Peter	Brown	1 Main Street	Los	CA	92802
			Angeles
Jane	Thompson	1 Bradford	New York	NY	60867
		Street
John	Peterson	1 Green Street	Miami	FL	32960

1. Create a new database document and new table.

A new table can easily be created by following the steps below.

1.Pull down the [File] menu, select the [New] command to display the [New] submenu, and then click the [Database] command.

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