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1 Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1
Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

2 Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1
Unit 1 Creating Tables and Queries Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View In Chapter 1 you learned how to create a table in Datasheet view. You can also create a table in Design view where you can establish the table’s structure and properties before entering data. In this chapter, you will learn how to create a table in Design view and use the Input Mask Wizard and Lookup Wizards; insert, move, and delete fields in Design view; sort records; check spelling in a table; find and replace data; apply text formatting to a table; and use the Access Help feature. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View Quick Links to Presentation Contents Create a Table in Design View CHECKPOINT 1 Insert a Total Row Sort Records Print Specific Records Format Text Complete a Spell Check Find and Replace Data Use Help CHECKPOINT 2 You can navigate through this presentation while in Slide Show View. Click on an underlined content item on this slide to advance directly to the related topic slide. To return to this slide, click the Contents button located in the bottom right corner of each slide. Alternatively, you can advance through the presentation one slide at a time by clicking the Next button, which appears as a right-pointing arrow in the bottom right corner of each slide. Go back a slide by clicking the Previous button, which appears as a left-pointing arrow in the bottom right corner of each slide. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View To create a table in Design view: Open the desired database. Click the Create tab. Click the Table button in the Tables group. Click the View button in the Views group. Type a name for the table. Click OK. continues on next slide… View button In Datasheet view you can create a table by assigning each column a data type and typing the field name. Once the columns are defined, you enter the data into records. You can also create a table in Design view where you can set field properties before you begin entering data. To display a table in Design view, open the desired database, click the Create tab and then click the Table button. This opens a new blank table in Datasheet view. Display the table in Design view by clicking the View button that displays at the left side of the Table Tools Design tab in the Views group. When you click the View button in a new table, Access displays the Save As dialog box where you type the table name and then press Enter or click OK. The next slide displays the Properties table in Design view. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Type the field names, specify the data types, and include descriptions. Click the Save button in the Quick Access toolbar. Design view This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to create a table in Design view. In Design view, each row in the top section represents one field in the table. The Field Properties section in the lower half of the work area displays the properties for the active field. The properties will vary depending on the active field. In the lower right corner of Design view, Help information displays about an option as you make an option active in the Design window. Define each field in the table in the rows in the top section of Design view. When you create a new table in Design view, Access automatically assigns the first field the name ID and assigns the AutoNumber data type. You can leave this field name or type a new name and you can also change the data type. To create a new field in the table, click in the field in the Field Name column, type the field name, and then press the Tab key or the Enter key. This makes the Data Type field active. Click the down-pointing arrow in the Data Type field and then click the desired data type at the drop-down list. When typing a description, consider the field’s purpose or contents, or provide instructional information for data entry. The description you type displays in the Status bar when the field is active in the table in Datasheet view. When the table design is complete, save the table by clicking the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar. Return to Datasheet view by clicking the View button in the Views group in the Table Tools Design tab. In Datasheet view, type the records for the table. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued continues on next slide… Data type Description Text Alphanumeric data up to 255 characters in length, such as a name, address, or value such as a telephone number or Social Security number that is used as an identifier and not for calculating. Memo Alphanumeric data up to 64,000 characters in length. Number Positive or negative values that can be used in calculations. Do not use for value that will calculate monetary amounts (see Currency). Date/Time Use this type to ensure dates and times are entered and sorted properly. Currency Values that involve money. Access will not round off during calculations. In Chapter 1, you created tables in Datasheet view and assigned data types of Text, Date/Time, Currency, or Yes/No. The Data Type field drop-down list includes these data types as well as additional types as described in the tables in this slide and the next slide. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Data type Description AutoNumber Access automatically numbers each record sequentially (incrementing by 1) when you begin typing a new record. Yes/No Data in the field will be either Yes or No, True or False, or On or Off. OLE Object Used to embed or link objects created in other Office applications. Hyperlink Field that will store a hyperlink such as a URL. Attachment Use this data type to add file attachments to a record such as a Word document or an Excel workbook. Lookup Wizard Use the Lookup Wizard to enter data in the field from another existing table or display a list of values in a drop-down list from which the user chooses. This slide continues from the previous slide and describes additional data types. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To create a default value for a field in Design view: Click in the Default Value property box. Type the desired field value. In Chapter 1, you learned how to specify a default value for a field in a table in Datasheet view using the Default Value button in the Properties group in the Table Tools Fields tab. In addition to this method, you can create a default value for a field in Design view with the Default Value property box in the Field Properties section. Click in the Default Value property box and then type the desired field value. If you add a new field that contains a default value to an existing table, the existing records will not reflect the default value, only new records entered in the table. Default Value property box Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued For some fields, you may want to control the data entered in the field. For example, in a ZIP code field, you may want the nine-digit ZIP code entered (rather than the five-digit ZIP code); or you may want the three-digit area code included in a telephone number. Use the Input Mask field property to set a pattern for how data is entered in a field. An input mask ensures that data in records conforms to a standard format. Access includes an Input Mask Wizard that guides you through creating an input mask. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To use the Input Mask Wizard: Open the table in Design view. Type the desired text in the Field Name column. Press the Tab key. Click the Save button. Click in the Input Mask property box. Click the Build button. continues on next slide… Build button Use the Input Mask Wizard when assigning a data type to a field. In Design view, click in the Input Mask property box in the Field Properties section and then run the Input Mask Wizard by clicking the Build button (button containing three black dots) that appears at the right side of the Input Mask property box. This displays the first Input Mask Wizard dialog box as shown in the next slide. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued In the Input Mask list box, choose which input mask you want your data to look like. Click the Next button. continues on next slide… Input Mask list box This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Input Mask Wizard and displays the first Input Mask Wizard dialog box. In the Input Mask list box, choose the input mask that you want your data to look like and then click the Next button. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Specify the appearance of the input mask and the desired placeholder character. Click the Next button. continues on next slide… This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Input Mask Wizard. At the second Input Mask Wizard dialog box, as shown in this slide, specify the appearance of the input mask and the desired placeholder character and then click the Next button. placeholder character Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Specify whether you want the data stored with or without the symbol in the mask. Click the Next button. Click the Finish button. Specify whether you want the data stored with or without the symbol in the mask. This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Input Mask Wizard. At the third Input Mask Wizard dialog box, specify whether you want the data stored with or without the symbol in the mask and then click the Next button. At the fourth dialog box, click the Finish button. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Use the Validation Rule property box in the Field Properties section in Design view to enter a statement containing a conditional test that is checked each time data is entered into a field. Enter in the Validation Text property box the content of the error message that you want to display. Validation Rule property box If you enter data that fails to satisfy the conditional test, Access does not accept the entry and displays an error message. By entering a conditional statement in the Validation Rule property box that checks each entry against the acceptable range, you can reduce errors. Validation Text property box Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Like the Input Mask Wizard, you can use the Lookup Wizard to control the data entered in a field. Use the Lookup Wizard to confine the data entered into a field to a specific list of items. When the user clicks in the field in the datasheet, a down-pointing arrow displays. The user clicks this down-pointing arrow to display a drop-down list of available entries and then clicks the desired item. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To use the Lookup Wizard: Open the desired table in Design view. Type the desired text in the Field Name column. Press the Tab key. Click the down-pointing arrow. Click the Lookup Wizard option. continues on the next slide… Use the Lookup Wizard when assigning a data type to a field. Click in the desired field in the Data Type column and then click the down-pointing arrow that displays at the right side of the field. At the drop-down list that displays, click Lookup Wizard. This displays the first Lookup Wizard dialog box as shown in the next slide. Lookup Wizard option Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Click the I will type in the values that I want option. Click the Next button. continues on the next slide… I will type in the values that I want option This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Lookup Wizard. At the first Lookup Wizard dialog box, indicate that you want to enter the field choices by clicking the I will type in the values that I want option and then click the Next button. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued Click in the blank text box below Col1 and then type the first choice. Press the Tab key and then type the second choice. Continue in this manner until all desired choices are entered. Click the Next button. Click the Finish button. This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Lookup Wizard. At the second Lookup Wizard dialog box shown in this slide, click in the blank text box below Col1 and then type the first choice. Press the Tab key and then type the second choice. Continue in this manner until all desired choices are entered and then click the Next button. At the third Lookup Wizard dialog box, make sure the proper name displays in the What label would you like for your lookup column? text box and then click the Finish button. Col1 Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To insert a field in Design view: Open the desired table in Design view. Click in the row that will follow the new field. Click the Insert Rows button in the Tools group in the Table Tools Design tab. Insert Rows button In Chapter 1, you learned how to insert, move, and delete fields in a table in Datasheet view. You can also perform these tasks in Design view. To insert a new field in a table in Design view, position the insertion point in a field in the row that will be located immediately below the new field and then click the Insert Rows button in the Tools group in the Table Tools Design tab. Or, position the insertion point on any text in the row that will display immediately below the new field, click the right mouse button, and then click Insert Rows at the shortcut menu. If you insert a row for a new field and then change your mind, immediately click the Undo button on the Quick Access toolbar. Remember that a row in the Design view creates a field in the table. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To move a field in Design view: Open the desired table in Design view. Click in the field selector bar at the left side of the row that you want to move. Point to the field selector bar of the selected row. Hold down the left mouse button and drag the arrow pointer to the desired position. Release the mouse button. You can move a field in a table to a different location in Datasheet view or Design view. To move a field in Design view, click in the field selector bar at the left side of the row that you want to move. With the row selected, position the arrow pointer in the field selector bar at the left side of the selected row, hold down the left mouse button, drag the arrow pointer with a gray square attached until a thick black line displays in the desired position, and then release the mouse button. field selector bar Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Create a Table in Design View…continued To delete a field in Design view: Open the desired table in Design view. Click in the row to be deleted. Click the Delete Rows button in the Tools group in the Table Tools Design tab. Click Yes. Delete a field in a table and all data entered in that field is also deleted. When you delete a field, it cannot be undone with the Undo button. Delete a field only if you are sure you really want it and the data associated with it completely removed from the table. To delete a field in Design view, click in the field selector bar at the left side of the row that you want to delete and then click the Delete Rows button in the Tools group. At the message asking if you want to permanently delete the field and all of the data in the field, click Yes. You can also delete a row by positioning the mouse pointer in the row that you want to delete, clicking the right mouse button, and then clicking Delete Rows at the shortcut menu. Delete Rows button Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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CHECKPOINT 1 Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 In Design view, each one of these in the top section represents one field in the table. column row section group Enter the content of the error message that you want to display in this property box. Validation Text Validation Rule Input Mask Default Value Answer Answer Next Question Next Question Use this field property to set a pattern for how data is entered in a field. Validation Text Validation Rule Input Mask Default Value Use this feature to confine the data entered into a field to a specific list of items. Lookup Wizard Input Mask Wizard Field Wizard Confine Wizard In Slide Show View, click the Answer button after you believe that you know the correct answer to Question 1. The correct answer will be displayed. Click the Next Question button and Question 2 will appear. Repeat these steps for the remaining questions. When you have clicked the Answer button for Question 4, the Next Slide button will appear. Click this button to advance to the next slide. Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Insert a Total Row To insert a total row: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Click the Totals button in the Records group in the Home tab. Click in the Total row. Click the down-pointing arrow. Click the desired function. You can add a total row in a table in Datasheet view and then choose from a list of functions to find the sum, average, maximum, minimum, count, standard deviations, or variance result in a numeric column. To insert a total row, click the Totals button in the Records group in the Home tab. Access adds a row to the bottom of the table with the label Total at the left. Click in the Total row, click the down-pointing arrow that appears, and then click the desired function at the drop-down list. Total row Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Sort Records To sort records: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Click in the field in the desired column. Click the Ascending button or Descending button in the Sort & Filter group in the Home tab. Ascending button The Sort & Filter group in the Home tab contains two buttons that you can use to sort data in records. Click the Ascending button to sort data in the active field in alphabetic order from A to Z or numbers from lowest to highest. Click the Descending button to sort data in alphabetic order from Z to A or numbers from highest to lowest. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Print Specific Records To print specific records in a table: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Select the records. Click the File tab. Click the Print tab. Click the Print option. At the Print dialog box, click the Selected Record(s) option in the Print Range section. Click OK. To print specific records in a table, select the records and then display the Print dialog box by clicking the File tab, clicking the Print tab, and then clicking the Print option. At the Print dialog box, click the Selected Record(s) option in the Print Range section and then click OK. To select specific records, display the table in Datasheet view, click the record selector of the first record and then drag to select the desired records. The record selector is the light blue square that displays at the left side of the record. When you position the mouse pointer on the record selector, the pointer turns into a right-pointing black arrow. Selected Record(s) option Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Format Text Formatting options are available in the Text Formatting group in the Home tab. In Datasheet view, you can apply formatting to data in a table. To apply formatting, open a table in Datasheet view and then click the desired button in the Text Formatting group. The button formatting is applied to all of the data in the table. (Note that some of the buttons in the Text Formatting are dimmed and unavailable; these buttons are available for fields formatted as rich text.) The buttons and available for formatting a table and their descriptions are shown in the tables in the next two slides. Text Formatting group Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Format Text…continued continues on next slide… Button Name Description Font Change text font. Font Size Change text size. Bold Bold text. Italic Italicize text. Underline Underline text. Font Color Change text color. Background Color Apply a background color to all fields. The tables in this slide and the next slide display the buttons available in the Text Formatting group in the Home tab. Click one of the buttons shown in the tables in this slide and the next slide and formatting is applied to all columns and rows of data in the table except the Background Color button that applies formatting to all fields in the table. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Format Text…continued Button Name Description Align Text Left Align all text in the currently active column at the left side of the fields. Center Center all text in the currently active column in the center of the fields. Align Text Right Align all text in the currently active column at the right side of the fields. Gridlines Specify whether or not you want vertical and/or horizontal gridlines displayed. Alternate Row Color Apply specified color to alternating rows in the table. This slide continues from the previous slide and lists descriptions of the buttons available in the Text Formatting group in the Home tab. Click the Align Text Left, Center, or Align Text Right button and formatting is applied to text in the currently active column. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Format Text…continued To change to rich text formatting: Click in the Text Format property box in the Field Properties section. Click the down-pointing arrow that displays at the right side of the property box. Click the Rich Text option at the drop-down list. When creating a table, you specify a data type for a field such as the Text, Date, or Currency data type. To format text in a field rather than all fields in a column or the entire table, choose the Memo data type and then specify rich text formatting. Use the Memo data type only for fields containing text and not fields containing currency amounts, numbers, and dates. To change the data type to Memo, open the table in Design view, click in the Data Type column for the desired field, click the down-pointing arrow, and then click Memo at the drop-down list. By default, the Memo data type uses plain text formatting. To change to rich text, click in the Text Format property box in the Field Properties section (displays with the text Plain Text), click the down-pointing arrow that displays at the right side of the property box, and then click Rich Text at the drop-down list. Rich Text option Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Complete a Spell Check The spell checking feature in Access finds misspelled words and offers replacement words. It also finds duplicate words and irregular capitalizations. When you spell check an object in a database such as a table, the spelling checker compares the words in your table with the words in its dictionary. If a match is found, the word is passed over. If no match is found for the word, the spelling checker selects the word and offers replacement suggestions. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Complete a Spell Check…continued To complete a spelling check: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Click the Spelling button in the Records group in the Home tab. At the Spelling dialog box, change or ignore the spelling as needed. Click OK. To complete a spelling check, open the desired table in Datasheet view and then click the Spelling button in the Records group in the Home tab. If the spelling checker does not find a match for a word in your table, the Spelling dialog box displays with replacement options. This slide displays the Spelling dialog box with a word selected and possible replacements displayed in the Suggestions list box. At the Spelling dialog box, you can ignore the word (for example, if the spelling checker has selected a proper name), change to one of the replacement options, or add the word to the dictionary or AutoCorrect feature. You can also complete a spelling check on other objects in a database such as a query, form, or report. Spelling dialog box Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Find and Replace Data To find data: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Click the Find button in the Find group in the Home tab. continues on next slide… Find button If you need to find a specific entry in a field in a table, consider using options at the Find and Replace dialog box with the Find tab selected as shown in the next slide. Display this dialog box by clicking the Find button in the Find group in the Home tab. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Find and Replace Data…continued Type the desired data in the Find What text box. Click the Find Next button. Find What text box This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to find text. At the Find and Replace dialog box, enter the data for which you are searching in the Find What text box. By default, Access will look in the specific column where the insertion point is positioned. Click the Find Next button to find the next occurrence of the data or click the Cancel button to remove the Find and Replace dialog box. The Look In option defaults to the column where the insertion point is positioned. You can choose to look in the entire table by clicking the down-pointing arrow at the right side of the option and then clicking the table name at the drop-down list. The Match option has a default setting of Whole Field. You can change this to Any Part of Field or Start of Field. The Search option has a default setting of All, which means that Access will search all data in a specific column. This can be changed to Up or Down. To find data that contains specific uppercase and lowercase letters, insert a check mark in the Match Case check box. By default, Access will search fields as they are formatted. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Find and Replace Data…continued To find and replace data: Open the desired table in Datasheet view. Click the Replace button in the Find group in the Home tab. Type the desired data in the Find What text box. Type the desired data in the Replace With text box. Click the Find Next button. Click the Replace button or the Find Next button. Replace With text box You can use the Find and Replace dialog box with the Replace tab selected to search for specific data and replace with other data. Display this dialog box by clicking the Replace button in the Find group in the Home tab. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Use Help To use the Help feature: Click the Microsoft Access Help button. continues on next slide… Microsoft Access Help button Microsoft Access includes a Help feature that contains information about Access features and commands. This on-screen reference manual is similar to Windows Help and the Help features in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel. Click the Microsoft Access Help button (the circle with the question mark) located in the upper right corner of the screen or press the keyboard shortcut F1 to display the Access Help window as displayed in the next slide. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Use Help…continued At the Access Help window, type a topic or feature. Press Enter. Click the desired topic. Access Help window This slide continues from the previous slide and lists the steps to use the Help feature. In the Access Help window, type a topic, feature, or question in the search text box and then press the Enter key. Topics related to the search text display in the Access Help window. Click a topic that interests you. If the topic window contains a Show All hyperlink in the upper right corner, click this hyperlink and the topic options expand to show additional help information related to the topic. When you click the Show All hyperlink, it becomes the Hide All hyperlink. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Use Help…continued To display the Help tab Backstage view: Click the File tab. Click the Help button. Help tab Backstage view The Help tab Backstage view, shown in this slide, contains an option for displaying the Access Help window as well as other options. Click the Microsoft Office Help option in the Support category to display the Access Help window and click the Getting Started option to access the Microsoft website that displays information about getting started with Access Click the Contact Us option in the Support category and the Microsoft Support website displays. Click Options in the Tools for Working With Office category and the Access Options dialog box displays. You will learn about this dialog box in a later chapter. Click the Check for Updates option and the Microsoft Update website displays with information on available updates. The right side of the Help tab Backstage view displays information about Office and Access. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Use Help…continued When you position the mouse pointer on a button, a ScreenTip displays with information about the button. Some button ScreenTips display with the message “Press F1 for more help” that is preceded by an image of the Help button. With the ScreenTip visible, press the F1 function key on your keyboard and the Access Help window opens and displays information about the specific button. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Use Help…continued Some dialog boxes, as well as the Backstage view, contain a Help button you can click to display a help window with specific information about the dialog box or Backstage view. Help button After reading and/or printing the information, close a dialog box by clicking the Close button located in the upper right corner of the dialog box or close the Backstage view by clicking the File tab or clicking any other tab in the ribbon. Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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CHECKPOINT 2 Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 To insert a Totals row, click the Totals button in this tab. Create External Data Database Tools Home Formatting options are available in the Text Formatting group in this tab. Create External Data Database Tools Home Answer Answer Next Question Next Question Click this button to sort data in the active field in alphabetic order from A to Z or numbers from lowest to highest. Ascending Descending Chronological Historical Press this keyboard shortcut to display the Access Help window . F1 F2 F3 F4 Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

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Benchmark Series Microsoft Access 2010 Level 1 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View Summary of Presentation Concepts Create a table in Design view Assign a default value Use the Input Mask Wizard and the Lookup Wizard Validate field entries Insert a total row Sort records and print specific records in a table Complete a spelling check Find specific records in a table and find data and replace with other data Apply text formatting Use the Help feature Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View


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