Create A New Database Create Tables Create Records Create Forms Create Queries Create Reports
Create A New Database Create Tables Create Records Create Forms Create Queries Create Reports
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Click the “Create” button as below diagram.
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Query
Form
Table Table
Report
Create tables
Click the Datasheet tab.
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In the Ribbon, click View.
When the Save As window appears, type: Friends of Mine in the Table Name box, as
below diagram.
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Name fields
Click in the second box beneath Field Name.
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The table should now look like this:
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Create records
In the Ribbon, click View, then Datasheet View.
When the alert window appears, click the “Yes” button as below diagram.
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Type: Elvis then press the TAB key on your keyboard. The table should now look like
this:
TIP: Notice how the cursor in the row selector has moved down to the second (new)
record. When you move on to a new record, Access automatically saves the previous
record
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Add new fields
Right-click the Zip column heading.
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Right-click the column heading. When the menu appears, click Rename Column.
Create forms
Click the Create tab.
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In the Ribbon, click Form.
The new form for the Friends of Mine table should look like this:
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A blank record should appear:
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Click the “Options” button...When the Microsoft Office Security Options window
appears, click the Enable this content radio button as below diagram.
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Click the First Name box.
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Press the TAB key again.
The form should progress to a new, blank record:
The old record has been saved. In the Navigation Pane, double-click the Friends of
Mine table.
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It should look like this:
Create queries
What's a query?
A query is a way to get specific information from the database.
Essentially, it's a question. You use queries to ask the database things like, "Who
are my customers in Penang?", or "How many packets of kerepeks have I sold this
month?"
When the New Query window appears, make sure Simple Query Wizard is selected.
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When the Simple Query Wizard opens, double-click First Name in the Available
Fields list.
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Click the button. This should add the Last Name field to the Selected Fields list:
Double-click Phone Number. This should add the Phone Number field to the
Selected Fields list:
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When the final screen appears, type: Names and Numbers as below diagram
The query is automatically saved and executed. It should look like this:
Create reports
In the Ribbon, click Report Wizard.
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When the Report Wizard window appears, click the Tables/Queries drop-down
arrow. When the list appears, click Table: Friends of Mine.
Click the button to move all the fields into the Selected Fields list.
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In the Selected Fields list box, click ID, then click the button.
The ID field should already be removed. The report wizard should now look like this:
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When the next screen appears, click “Next” the button.
When the next screen appears, click the first drop-down arrow, and then click State in
the list.
When the next screen appears, make sure Tabular is checked in the Layout section.
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When the next screen appears, click Equity in the list of available styles.
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The report is automatically created, saved and opened. It should look like this:
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It should look like this:
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Create a report based on the CDs table.
Include all the fields of the CDs table in the report, and sort the records based
on Genre.
TIP: Format the report using the Flow style.
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