2007 Microsoft® Office System Step by Step, Second Edition

Part III Microsoft Office Access 2007

Creating a Database

To open a template and save it as a new database

1. On the Getting Started with Microsoft Office Access page, in the Template Categories list, click a category.

2. Click the template icon for the template you want to open.

3. In the File Name box, type a new name for the database, and note the default path.

4. Click the Create button.

To open a new blank database

1. Open Access.

2. On the Getting Started with Microsoft Access page, click Blank Database.

3. In the File Name box, type the name for the database.

4. Click the Browse for a location button, browse to the folder where you want to save the database, click OK, and then click Create.

To enter information in a database

→	Click in an empty cell, type your text, and then ...