Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Part I: Access Building Blocks

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FIGURE 2.2

The File menu contains many important commands.

File button

Quick Access Toolbar Pinned database Pin button

Recent tab

Options tab Selected database

Creating a Database

There are many ways to create a new database file. Selecting the New tab in the Backstage area

opens the new database screen (see Figure 2.3). This is where you either create an entirely new

database or open a new database based on a template (for more on templates, see “The Templates

section,” earlier in this chapter). You can even create a new database from the design of an existing

Access application.