After startup, Jinx presents the meta-menu.
It mainly contains commands which operate on a database as a whole
like opening, joining, sorting etc.
If there is a database current, the data part of the screen will show
the data in the database on a record per line basis.
The data is there to give a global overview.
When you have `long' records that don't fit on the screen,
you can move the view on the data right (left) by typing
(
).
Data may also be layed out in columns
(see View toggle, section 2.1.16).
You can page back- and forward through the data with the commands
prev and next.
The current record is indicated by a `>' in the first column.
Move to the next (previous) record with 
(
).