I have a file with addresses from 50 states. How do I perform a find of specific states? Like AL, CO, MT, WY... Thanks for your help, Harry

The simplest way is to make sure that the state is in its own field.

If you have a general "address" field that contains street address, city, state and zip, it's nearly impossible.

I do have states in its own field. But how do I do the find?

Harry

Enter find mode, click in the "state" field, type the code, click FIND.

You're toying with me right. Lets just give this poor guy enough information to drive him crazy!

Allow me ask the question this way.

I have a field called "State" with all 50 states included there in. How do I do one find to select AL, CA & WY only?

I know to you this is easy to you, but I have tried 6 ways to sundown to make it happen and can't. So please tell me how to do it and by the way, have a great Thanksgiving. Harry

You can find multiple items in a similar way. Just as you can create multiple records in "Browse" mode, you can create multiple "find requests" in "Find" mode.

Enter Find Mode

Type "AL"

New Request

Type "CA"

New Request

Type "WY"

Click Find

It IS that simple, you CAN'T have read the manual and missed this one!

-bd