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To create a new customized database.
| 1 | Click File, New Database. The Database Creation dialog will appear. |
| 2 | Enter the name for the database and set the options in the dialog to your preference. Select Non-Bibliographic and then select Customized. |
| 3 | Click GO. The Properties dialog for the database you have just named will appear. You will use each tab of this dialog to specify the settings for your custom database. Move from one tab to the next, but do not click OK until you have entered all of the settings. |
| 4 | The Fields tab will be open. Click Add Field. |
| 5 | Enter a two character ID and a Field Description in the spaces provided. Use the drop down lists to select Field Type and Alignment. |
| 6 | Add additional fields by repeating steps 4 and 5. |
| 7 | Click the Entry Templates tab on the Properties dialog. |
| • | For a simple database, you may want to have only one entry template with all fields listed. If this is the case, click [ALL TEMPLATES]. The fields will display. Check all of the fields. |
| • | If you prefer to define more than one entry template, click Add, enter the name of the template and check the fields to be included in this template. Repeat the process for each template you want to define. |
| 8 | Click the Index Keys tab on the Properties dialog. Index keys will appear on the Fast Search dialog. To define the Index Keys for your customized database, click Add Key and complete the information to your specifications. For more information, see Index Keys. |
| 9 | Click the Search Groups tab on the Properties dialog. For more information, see Search Groups dialog. |
| 10 | Click the Table View tab on the Properties dialog. Create a list of items to be displayed in Table View by highlighting a key, group or field and then clicking Insert. You may edit the caption. Items can be deleted or the order of the Table View display changed by highlighting one of the items in the Items in Table View box and pressing Delete, Up or Down. |
| 11 | After entering the settings on each of the tabs, click OK. Click Close on the Maintenance Options dialog. |
Ibidem will create a new database and new records can be added.
See also:
IbidPlus: Adding New Records
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