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How are databases useful?
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Databases can be used to teach learning skills: organization, problem solving, and research skills.
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What is a field?
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A field is the smallest category of information in the database.
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What is a query?
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A query permits the user to select certain criteria and find any and all records that match the criteria.
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What are the six steps used to create a database?
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1. Plan the database
2. Construct the fields 3. Design the layout view 4. Research to find the data 5. Log the data 6. Develop queries to discover information that is housed in the database |
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What is a mail merge?
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The mail merge operation allows the customization of letters. This feature is quite useful for teachers when corresponding with a large number of parents.
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What is a database?
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Databases are tools that can organize, store and search for information.
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What systems operate a database?
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AppleWorks and Microsoft Works are examples of integrated programs that contain database software.
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What is a report?
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A report will summarize the information in a database in an easily read format, either from the entire base or the query only.
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What view allows the database designer to arrange the design of the information for each record?
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The layout view.
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What is a logical operator? What is a function?
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Logical operators are AND, OR, NOT and are use dot build formulas with multiple criteria. Functions are predefined formulas that can be inserted to assist matching reocords.
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