Create a Table in Access 2010

2. Access 2010 Level 1 Unit 1 Creating Tables and Queries Chapter 4 Creating and Modifying Tables in Design View

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

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8. 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. Default Value property box

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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… placeholder character

13. 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.

14. 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 Validation Text property box

15. 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.

16. 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… Lookup Wizard option

17. 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

18. 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. Col1

19. 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

20. 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. field selector bar

21. 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 Rows button

22. CHECKPOINT 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 Answer Answer Next Question Next Slide

23. 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. Total row

24. 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

25. 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. Selected Record(s) option

26. Format Text • Formatting options are available in the Text Formatting group in the Home tab. Text Formatting group

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29. 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. Rich Text option

30. 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.

31. 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. Spelling dialog box

32. 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

33. Find and Replace Data…continued • Type the desired data in the Find What text box. • Click the Find Next button. Find What text box

34. 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

35. Use Help To use the Help feature: • Click the Microsoft Access Help button. continues on next slide… Microsoft Access Help button

36. Use Help…continued • At the Access Help window, type a topic or feature. • Press Enter. • Click the desired topic. Access Help window

37. Use Help…continued To display the Help tab Backstage view: • Click the File tab. • Click the Help button. Help tab Backstage view

38. 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.

39. 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

40. CHECKPOINT 2 • 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

41. 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