Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 2: Creating Access Tables

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FIGURE 2.3

The new database screen provides many options for creating Access databases.

Blank database Sample templates New database area

New tab Create from existing database

Clicking the Blank Database button transforms the new database area at the right side of the new

database screen (see Figure 2.4). Figure 2.4 actually shows this area after the Marketing Projects

database template has been selected as the source of a new Access database. When selecting the

Blank Database button, the picture area above the File Name box is, quite literally, blank.

Enter the name of the new database in the File Name box in the Blank Database area. By default,

Access creates the new database file in the folder specified in the Access options screen. (The

Access options are discussed throughout this book.) By default, Access selects your My

Documents folder as the new database’s destination. If you want to use a different folder, use the

browse button (it looks like a Windows Explorer folder) to the right of the File Name box to

browse to the location you want to use.