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Updating Information in a Table

As you use a database and as it grows, you might discover that errors creep in or that some information becomes out of date. You can tediously scroll through the records looking for those that need to be changed, but it is more efficient to use a few of the tools and techniques provided by Access for that purpose.

If you want to find or replace multiple instances of the same word or phrase, you can use the Find and Replace commands on the Edit menu. This command works much like the same commands in Microsoft Office Word or Microsoft Office Excel.

If you want to change information stored in the database only under certain circumstances, you need the power of an update query, which is a select query that performs an ...