Microsoft® Office System Step by Step -- 2003 Edition

Chapter 12. Keeping Your Information Accurate

Chapter 12 at a Glance

In this chapter you will learn to:
✓	Using Data Type Settings to Restrict Data.
✓	Using Field Size Properties to Restrict Data.
✓	Using Input Masks to Restrict Data.
✓	Using Validation Rules to Restrict Data.
✓	Using Lookup Lists to Restrict Data.
✓	Updating Information in a Table.
✓	Deleting Information from a Table.

Depending on how much information you have and how organized you are, you might compare a database to an old shoebox or a file cabinet, into which you toss items such as photographs, bills, receipts, and a variety of other paperwork for later retrieval. However, neither a shoebox ...