The Q&A Main Menu Screen
The options on the Main Menu are
- F - File for designing and maintaining a database and retrieving information from it
- R - Report for designing, formatting, and printing reports of information in a database
- W - Write for writing, editing, formatting, and printing documents and mailing labels
- A - Assistant for running Q&A by typing simple English instructions for Q&A's Intelligent Assistant
- U - Utilities for installing printers, maintaining DOS files, and installing alternate programs
- X - Exit Q&A for quitting Q&A
Notice the status line in Figure 1-1. The status line appears near the bottom of the screen and provides reminders, status information about file names and record numbers, and special prompts that tell you what to do next.