Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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In the
Save As
dialog box, save the database with a different name, such as
MyGardenCompany01
.
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In this topic, we assume you will save iles in the practice ile folders, but you
can save them wherever you want. When we refer to the practice file folders in the
instructions, simply substitute the save location you chose.
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Click
Enable Content
in the security warning bar.
On the left, the Navigation pane displays a list of all the objects in this database.
Spanning the top of the window, the ribbon includes five tabs: File, Home, Create,
External Data, and Database Tools. Because no database object is currently open,
the Home tab is active by default, but none of its buttons are available.
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Databases created in Access 2013 use the file storage format introduced with
Access 2007, and their files have the .accdb extension. You can open database files
created in earlier versions of Access (which have an .mdb extension) in Access 2013.
You can then either work with and save them in the old format or work with and save
them in the new format. If you convert them, you can no longer open them in ver-
sions prior to Access 2007. For more information about the ACCDB format, search for
accdb
in Access Help.
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In the
Navigation
pane title bar, click
All Access Objects
, and then in the
Filter By
Group
area of the menu, click
Tables
to list only the tables in the
Navigation
pane.
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In the
Navigation
pane, double-click
Categories
to open that table on a tabbed
page. Notice that the record navigation bar at the bottom of the page tells you how
many records the table contains and which one is active, and enables you to move
among records. Notice also that the
Fields
and
Table
tool tabs appear on the ribbon.
These tool tabs are displayed only when you are working with a table.
