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2013-09-23

Database Toolbar

The Database Toolbar and its button.

Click this button...	To do this...
	Go to the first record.
	Go to the previous record.
	Go to the next record.
	Go to the last record.
	Go to the current record.
	Display the total number of records in the database.
	Open the Find Record dialog (see below)

Find Record

The Find Record feature is available from the Database menu, the database toolbar or via its shortcut key (CTRL+F). It is only available when a database is open, and will be grayed out otherwise.

Though not part of the Database Toolbar, a very useful feature for open databases is the Find Record feature. This feature is available from the Database menu, or via its shortcut key (CTRL+F). It is only available when a database is open, and will be grayed out otherwise.

The find record dialog appears with the following options:

• Find what: Enter a term (word, phrase, character) to search for.
• Look in: Click the drop-down to select the database field in which to search.
• Match whole word only: Only match if the word is separated. For example, if this is selected the word tom would not be found in the word tomatoes. If it is not selected, words part of others will be matched.
• Match case: Click to force a match only if each letter of the word is in the same case. For example, if this is selected, Tom will not be matched with tom or ToM. Otherwise, the search is case insensitive.
• Direction: Select whether to look forward in the records (down) or backwards in previous records (up).
• Find Next: Click to find the next occurrence of the search term.
• Cancel: Closes the dialog.