Understanding other table properties

As you can see in Figure 10-25, shown previously, Access provides several additional table properties that you can set in Design view. You can enter a description of the table in the Description property, and you’ll see this description in the Navigation pane if you choose to view objects by Details. Access defines Datasheet as the Default View property.

The Filter property lets you predefine criteria to limit the data displayed in the Datasheet view of this table. If you set Filter On Load to Yes, Access applies the filter that you defined when you open the datasheet. You can use Order By to define one or more fields that define the default display sequence of rows in this table when in Datasheet view. If you ...

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