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rëçÅYou've just received a letter from Esoteric & Obscure Inc.,
rëëÅsaying the workshop has been canceled.
rëîÅAlso, the Marketing Department has told you the meeting on
rëÄÅMarch 28 has been postponed and no new date has been determined.
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rîçÅ can now remove the record about the workshop from your 
rëëÅfile. í 
rëîÅ ║ 
rëÄÅ └ 
rëÅÅ ╝ 
rëÉÅ ╝ 
râù╕ F9 to review 
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rëçÅRemoving records in dBASE III PLUS is a 
r▒çç2-step
r╖çÅ process.   
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rçèç 
rëèçStep 1  ═  Delete
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rçïç ò 
rëìÅThe 
rììçDelete
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r╖ìç 
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r┴ìÅ 
r╕Äç  ç─
rêÅÅ 
rëÅ° record remains in the file. 
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rÄèç2
röèçPack
rÿèÅ  
rììçPack
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rìÉçPack
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rÜæç  ½─ 
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rëôç ë─
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rëçÅWhen you use the Delete command to mark a record for removal,
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rëçÅIn your database file, you can use the Delete command for ä 
rëëÅtwo purposes: ¢ 
r│ïÅ ì 
rëîÅ ç ∙ to mark the workshop record for removal. ë 
r│ìÅ 
r┐ìÅ 
rëÄÅ ç ∙ to mark the meeting record to remind you the date ä 
r│ÅÅ ì 
rüÉÅ æ will be changed. Ä 
r│ÉÅ û 
r│æÅ ì 
rêÆÅ í 
r│ÆÅ ì 
rüôÅ ó 
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r¼ô∙──┘
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r│öÅ ì 
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r┬ùç│
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