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Microsoft Access 2013 Inside Out
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Microsoft Access 2013 Inside Out

by Jeff Conrad
July 2013
Intermediate to advanced
848 pages
23h 52m
English
Microsoft Press
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Renaming tables

If you keep transaction data (such as receipts, deposits, or checks written), you might want to save that data at the end of each month in a table with a unique name. One way to save your data is to rename the existing table (perhaps by adding a date to the name). You can then create a new table (perhaps by making a copy of the backup table’s structure) to start collecting information for the next month.

To rename a table, right-click it in the Navigation pane and click Rename on the shortcut menu. Access places the name in edit mode in the Navigation pane so that you can type in a new name, as shown in Figure 11-6. Type the new name, and press Enter to save it.

Figure 11-6. After clicking Rename on the shortcut menu, you can rename ...

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