Microsoft Office Professional 2010 Step by Step eBook

(Ben Green) #1

Creating Databases and Tables Manually 803



  1. On the Create tab, in the Tables group, click the Table button.


Access creates a new table containing an ID field and a Click To Add field
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  1. With the Click to Add field active, on the Fields contextual tab, in the Add &
    Delete group, click the More Fields button.
    The More Fields gallery appears.


The Quick Start fields are at the bottom of the More Fields gallery.


  1. If necessary scroll to the bottom of the gallery, and then under Quick Start,
    click Name.
    Access inserts ready-made LastName and FirstName fields.

  2. Repeat steps 18 and 19 to add the Address fields from the Quick Start list.


Access inserts ready-made Address, City, State Province, ZIP Postal, and Country
Region fields.


  1. Close the table, saving it with the name Shippers when prompted.


CLEAN UP Retain the MyTables database for use in later exercises.
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