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If you are following along with your computer, and I suggest you do that, access is open, and the screen you see is a dialog box
asking you whether you want to open a blank database, a wizard or an existing database. Select blank database by clicking ion the tiny circle in front of Blank Access database. Then click OK.
The next screen you see is another dialog box | asking for you to name the new database. In the File name: slot, type MyAddressBook.
You can type over anything that's already in the file name slot, including the .mdb extension. Then click Create.
The screen you see next is the main database window. You can get to this window at any time when access is open by hitting the F11 key.
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In the main window, notice the first three items at the top left. They are Open, Design and New. These
correspond to the objects listed along the left side which are, Tables, Queries, Forms, Reports, Pages, Macros, and Modules. The objects are what the database is composed of.
In our address book database, we will create, a table, a query, a form, a report and maybe a macro. |
Modules and Groups are for more advanced users and we do not need them at all.
Tables are where Access stores all information you put into your database. A table is a file containing columns across the top and rows down the sides. The names given to the columns are called fields and the rows are called records |