Record Formats Window

Figure 13 shows the Record Formats window. The Record Formats window lets you create a new format or open an existing format.

To create a new format

Click Create in the Mode group.
Click Delimited in the Type group.
The input data file, /work/mydata, is in delimited format. Other formats are described in Defining Formats.
Choose a name for the format and type it in the Create Format text box.
This example uses the name a_format.
Click OK.
The format-definition window appears. Figure 14 shows a partially completed format-definition window. The title bar of the format-definition window shows the name that you chose for the new format.

Figure 14. The Format-Definition Window