Purpose:

• Learn to create a database.
• Learn to create fields.
• Learn to enter data into a database.
• Learn to sort data in a database.
• Learn to create a mailmerge.

To Do:

• Start a new database.
• Create the following text fields:
  • First Name
  • Last Name
  • Address
  • City - Optional setup: set to "Automatically Fill" by clicking "Options" when "City" is highlighted.
  • State - Optional setup: set to "Automatically Fill" by clicking "Options" when "State" is highlighted.
  • Zip - Optional Setup: Could make it a popup menu in a similar way as above.
  • Phone Number
• Enter 10 students names and addresses. You determine the most efficient way to do this.
• Figure out how to do a "Sort" according to "Last Name" so the names are alphabetical from A-Z.
• Create a mail merge with this letter. Where ever there are ******* enter the appropriate field into the mail merge. Look at Atomic Learning. Enter the following: Username: miholchr, Password: peace956. Then go to "Macintosh Tutorials." Then go to "Appleworks 5 Database." It uses an older version of Appleworks but the same concepts apply.
• Actually merge the data but don't print the data.

Timeline:

• 2 days
  

Requirements:

• Follow above steps.
• Save Database.
• Save mail merge document.

Evaluation:

• Please do the Address Database Rubric with a person you haven't done a rubric with yet.

Final Steps:

• Name the document "Address Database"
• Save a copy in your "Database" folder.