An Introduction to Microsoft Access
Access, part of Microsoft’s Office suite, is a full-featured desktop database product. In addition to being full featured, Access is very easy to use. The first step in the process is to start Access. Figure 2.1 illustrates the menu options for Microsoft Access.
Figure 2.1. Access is started by selecting Start, Programs, Microsoft Access from the main menu.
After Access starts, you will see a dialog box prompting you to create a blank Access database, start an Access wizard, or open an existing Access database (see Figure 2.2).
Figure 2.2. When Access is started, the startup dialog box appears, allowing ...
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