Microsoft® Access® 2010 Plain & Simple

Chapter 4. Creating a Database

In this section:

• Viewing a Sample Database

• Creating a New Database

• Creating Databases Using Database Templates

• Creating a New Table in Design View

• Creating a New Table by Typing

• Creating a New Table Using a Template

• Creating a New Table Using Application Parts

• Setting a Primary Key

• Getting Data from Other Access 2010 Tables

• Creating Relationships Between Tables

• Enforcing Referential Integrity

If none of the databases you can create using one of the Access 2010 database templates meets your needs, you can create a database and the tables it contains from scratch. When you choose to create a new table, you have complete control over the number of fields, the names of the fields, and what sort of data they can store. After you ...