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"\."A."."                INDEX."."ACCESS
ING DATA WITHIN THE FILE USING AN."INDEX
 IS THE FASTEST AND EASIEST METH-."OD OF
 RETRIEVING RECORDS FROM A FILE.."UP TO 
3 FIELDS MAY BE CHOSEN FOR THE."INDEX. S
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IN CHOOSING THESE FIELDS.  AN."INDEX THA
T IS TOO LARGE MAY NOT FIT IN."MEMORY. O
NCE AN INDEX IS CREATED IT."WILL BE WRIT
TEN TO DISK AND BE AUTOMAT-."ICALLY MAIN
TAINED BY THE SYSTEM AS NEW."RECORDS ARE
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BASE FILES, A MINI-WORD PRO-."CESSOR HAS
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L CURSOR CONTROL.  THE."CURSOR LEFT/RIGH
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.  DATA MAY NOT."BE ENTERED BEYOND THE E
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SCREEN, IT WILL AD-."VANCE TO THE NEXT S
CREEN FOR CONTINUED."DATA ENTRY.  THE CU
RSOR RETURNS TO THE."FIRST FIELD OF THE 
RECORD FOLLOWING THE."LAST FIELD OF THE 
RECORD.  PUSH THE F1."KEY TO ENTER THE D
ATA FOR THE RECORD ON."THE DISK FILE..".
"PERTINENT FILE INFORMATION IS UPDATED."
EVERY 10 RECORDS, AND A SHORT PAUSE."WIL
L OCCUR AT THIS TIME FOLLOWED BY THE."ME
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R, THE MAXIMUM NUMBER OF RECORDS."REQUIR
ED TO BE REENTERED WILL NOT EX-."CEED 10
.."\."\."G."."ENTER A 'Y' TO ADD ANOTHER
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E TO BE ADDED."AT THIS TIME.."\."\\.
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