While it may appear that the computer is resting, it is actually perform- 

 ing many calculations, relationships and file management tasks. Be 

 patient and you will De very pleased with the vast amount of informa- 

 tion you can obtain from the system. 



1.2. Purpose: 



The purpose of this manual is to help you gain access to the compo- 

 site data base generated by the Montana Rivers Study. This manual is 

 not intended to be a short course in dBASE III Plus, but is designed to 

 be a tool to help you use the Montana Rivers Study Data Management System. 



For those users interested in dBASE III Plus, there are numerous ref- 

 erence books available at better bookstores that will provide you with all 

 the information you desire on the dBASE III Plus data base management 

 system. 



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