The first screen you will encounter when running All My Data™ is the Main Menu. From the Main Menu you can select any operation either by menu, or toolbar button.

There are four different operations you can perform: New Table Definition, Open Table Definition, New Record, and Open Record. Let's explain them one at a time:

• New Table Definition: A table definition is where you can define the structure of your data, or what your data will look like. It entails simply telling the program what fields you would like your table to be comprised of. For example, if you are creating a table to serve as a photo album, you might want to create fields like "Description", "Date of Photo", "Location", and "Photo" for the actual attachment of the photo itself. A more thorough description of creating a table definition can be found in the Table Definition topic.
• Open Table Definition: Clicking the Open Table Definition toolbar button or menu item brings you to a screen where you can view or modify a table definition you created previously.
• New Record: A record is simply one item of data. For example, if you created a table definition called Contacts, each person you add into your Contacts database would be a record. Clicking the New Record menu item or toolbar button will bring you to a screen that allows you to add a record to the table you choose from a list of table definitions you've created previously. The screen will be created dynamically based on your table definition. Adding records is described in greater detail in the Records topic.
• Open Record: Clicking the Open Record toolbar button or menu item will allow you to view or modify a record you've previously added.