The simplest way to create a new form is to use the ‘Wizard’. Click the ‘Forms’ section in the Database area of the main window and select ‘Use Wizard to Create Form’ from the Tasks area. Use the drop-down menu … Take lesson
Understand that a form is used to display and maintain records. Forms display records one at a time in a format that can be customized. Rather than reading the data from a table, it can be laid out in a … Take lesson
Edit a query: add, modify, remove criteria Click the criteria you want to modify or remove, highlight it then press delete to remove or type to modify it. To add criteria in another field, simply click on the Criterion cell … Take lesson
Add criteria to a query using ‘NOT’ logical operator From the Queries area of the main window, right click the query and click ‘Edit’. In the Criterion row, add criteria that uses the ‘NOT’ logical operator, e.g. in Description field … Take lesson
Change arrangement of data fields and headings in a report Click ‘Reports’ from the Database area of the main window and right click the report you want to change in the Reports area. Click ‘Edit’ from the drop down menu. … Take lesson
To create a two-table query, first make sure you have created a second table. The two-table query will use the ‘Company employees’ table created in a previous tutorial. Use the table design view to create a table containing personal phone … Take lesson
Queries are used to extract and analyse data from tables. Click on the Queries icon, then select Create Query in Design View. The single table query will use the ‘Company employees’ table created in a previous tutorial. In the ‘Add … Take lesson
Use the search command to find specific data in a field This tutorial demonstrates how to find specific records within a table. This won’t cover forms or reports, which can do the same thing but display the data in a … Take lesson
Set a field as primary key To set the primary key, right-click the grey box to the left of the field you want to set as primary key. Check the ‘Primary Key’ option and a yellow key symbol will appear … Take lesson
Create a table To create a table, click ‘Tables’ in the Database area. Then click ‘Create Table in Design View’ from the Tasks area to open table design window. In this example, we’re going to create a table that holds … Take lesson