Keeping Your Information Accurate

To set the data type for a field

  1. With the table in Design view, click the Data Type cell next to the desired field.

  2. Click the Data Type arrow, and then in the list, click the data type you want.

To view the properties of a field

  • With the table in Design view, click the field name to display its properties in the Field Properties area.

To set the Field Size property for text, number, and autonumber fields

  • With the table in Design view, click any cell in a field, and then in the Field Properties area, change the Field Size ...

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