MICROSOFT ACCESSHope Dunbar, Zafer Ilk, Shiva Sharma, Nakia Singleton, Ibilola Solarin, Taran Stryker

INTRODUCTION

Microsoft Access 2007 is the most popular database management programs known in the world. Anybody who deals with data and needs to be fully organized can take a good advantage of Microsoft Access to organize their data for most efficient usage.

The process manual for Microsoft Access 2007 is to guide users through creating a table.

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Step 1 ： Click-on the Start button

in the lower left corner of the screen, then click-on Programs, and then click-on Microsoft Access 2007.

HOW TO CREATE A TABLE You will see – Getting

Started with Microsoft Office Access. Below the title you will see a Blank Database button

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Step2: Click the Blank

Database button. As soon as you click

the Blank Database button, the right side of your Access screen will change and look like the image on the right

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Step 3: To choose the

Drive, on which you will save your Access database, click the small folder to the right of File Name:

Save your work on your Computer Drive

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Congratulation! You have successfully created a database.

Your Access 2007 screen will now change again –the image to the right

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 Step 4: By default Access

2007 will create “table 1”, to create additional tables

Click on the “Create” tab

Click on “Table” located in the Tables group

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Step5: Click on the Home

tab Click on the View

tab Click on Design

View

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Step 5 Cont. A Save As menu

screen will appear similar to the image on the right. Type personnel in the Table Name: area and then click the OK button.

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Step 5 Cont. Look at the image on the

right. Click-in the area or space under Field Name and type-in Last Name (to replace ID).

Click-in the area to the right under Data Type.

Click the down arrow under Data Type on right (see arrow on right). Your design screen should look like the one on the right.

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Step 6: Repeat Step 5 and

create different Field Names and Data Types.

Type-in the Field Names as indicated to the right and set them to the Data Types.

Repeat Step 5 and Step 6 for additional Field Name and Data Type.

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Step 7: After completing

needed Field Name(s)

Click View tab Click Datasheet

View

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Step 8: After clicking Datasheet

View the box located on the right side (Save Dialog Box) will appear.

Click Yes  Note: any changes

made to the table will require will automatically prompt to save Dialog Box.

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Step 9: Enter “Harris” in the

“Last Name” field. Enter “Linda” in the

“First Name” field. Continue Step 9 for

adding additional Last Name and First Name.

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Example of a finished table

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Step 10: Click the “x” mark

on top right corner of your application to close