Creating a Blank Database

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Acknowledgments

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Introduction

Pt. I. Office XP Introduction and Shared Features

Ch. 1. Working in Access

Ch. 2. Creating a New Database

Choosing How to Create Your Database

Selecting a Database File Type

Creating a Blank Database

Closing a Database

Creating a Database from a Template

Opening a Database

Ch. 3. Creating a Table with the Table Wizard

Ch. 4. Creating a Table from Scratch

Ch. 5. Editing a Table's Structure

Ch. 6. Entering Data into a Table

Ch. 7. Editing Data in a Table

Ch. 8. Formatting Access Tables

Ch. 9. Creating Relationships Between Tables

Ch. 10. Creating a Simple Form

Ch. 11. Modifying a Form

Ch. 12. Adding Special Controls to Forms

Ch. 13. Searching for Information in Your Database

Ch. 14. Sorting, Filtering, and Indexing Data

Ch. 15. Creating a Simple Query

Ch. 16. Creating Queries from Scratch

Ch. 17. Creating a Simple Report

Ch. 18. Customizing a Report

Ch. 19. Taking Advantage of Database Relationships

Ch. 20. Printing Access Objects

Pt. VI. PowerPoint

Pt. VII. FrontPage

Pt. VIII. Internet Explorer

Appx. A. Installing Microsoft Office XP

Index

Creating a Blank Database

Creating a blank database is very straightforward. As mentioned previously, you are just creating the container file that holds all the objects that actually make up the database. To create a blank database, follow these steps:

Open the Access window (click Start, Programs, Access).
Select Blank Database in the task pane or click the New button on the Database toolbar. The File New Database dialog box appears (see Figure 2.1).
Figure 2.1. Provide a location and a name for the new database file.
Use the Save In drop-down box to locate the folder in which you want to save the new database. Type a name for the new file into the File Name text box.
When you are ready to create the database file, click Create. The new database window appears in the Access workspace (see Figure 2.2).
Figure 2.2. A new database window opens in Access.

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Creating a Blank Database

Figure 2.1. Provide a location and a name for the new database file.

Figure 2.2. A new database window opens in Access.