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Unit 2. Create, open and close a Database (I)
Creating a database.
To create a new database we need to:
the screen.
Click on the option Blank database... in the task pane that appears to the right of
If this pane is not visible we can use the menu on the menu bar and select File New...
Blank database... Or we can click on the New button on the tool bar. In this case a task pane will appear and we have to select
The following dialogue box will appear next where we indicate the name of the database we are creating and where it
should be stored.
In the Save in: box click on the arrow on the right to select the folder where we are going to save the database.
Note how in the lower box appear all the subfolders of the selected folder.
Double click on the folder where we want to save the database.
The buttons that appear on the right of Save in , are explained here.
In the File name: box write down the name we want to call the database.
click on the Create button.
A new database is created to which Access assignes a .MDB extention, and it will appear in the Database window:
