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792 Chapter 26 Create Databases and Simple Tables



  1. Click the adjacent Browse button, and then in the File New Database dialog box,
    navigate to your Chapter26 practice file folder.
    You use the same navigational techniques in this dialog box that you would use in
    any Open or Save dialog box.


The File New Database dialog box.


  1. With Microsoft Access 2007 Databases selected in the Save as type box,
    click OK.
    The path to the specified folder is displayed below the File Name box.
    Tip By default, Access creates new databases in your Documents folder. You can change
    the location when you create each database, as you did here, or you can change the
    default save folder. To specify a different default folder, click the File tab to display
    the Backstage view, click Options, and then on the General page of the Access Options
    dialog box, under Creating Databases, click the Browse button to the right of Default
    Database Folder. In the Default Database Path dialog box, browse to the folder you
    want to be the default, and then click OK in each of the open dialog boxes.

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