To start a new database you must type in a new name. Enter the name of your new database. The Define Database screen now appears. First you must tell the database how many and what fields you want it to contain. For our example, this database is going to contain four fields.
Field names can consist of up to twelve characters and can include spaces and punctuation marks.
A field can be one of six different types, Character, Numberic, Formula, Date, User-defined, and Text Formula. The default type is Character. Select a field type by pressing the first letter. C Our first field will be 20 characters long. This will accomodate most toy names.