Page 247 - IT 402 v2.0 class 10
P. 247
he database opening screen of the ase has the following parts:
Title Bar: itle ar lies at the uppermost side of the opening screen. It displays the file name along with
maximize, minimize and close button on right side.
Menu Bar: Menu ar lies ust below the itle ar. It contains the buttons of various menus like File dit
iew etc. that help while working with ase .
Standard Toolbar: Standard oolbar lies below the Menu ar. It contains the shortcut buttons or icons for
fre uently used commands like New Open Save etc.
Status Bar: he Status ar appears towards the bottom of the screen. It displays information about the
current status of the opened application.
Task Pane: he ask ane is also said as assistance window . It is a box on the upper side named as asks .
It contains three options to create a table. While moving the mouse over the task pane options, it gives the
description about the task options in the description window which is on the right side of the Task Pane.
Description Pane: The description pane window displays the details about the tasks which will be
performed when an option is selected from ables Forms and eports option.
Table Window: he able window displays the name of the existing tables of the database. esides the
able window there is a window with a button having two options as None and ocument . hen
the ocument option is selected then the records of the selected table are displayed in a new window
positioned beside the Table window.
Sneak Peek
To Create a Database in Microsoft Access:
. lick on lank database icon and enter a name for the database.
. lick on rowse to search and select a location for storing the database.
3. Click on Create button.
Open an Existing Database
Step 1: lick on Open an existing database file option.
Step 2: Select the desired file.
1
2
Database Management 245

