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Creating a database
The following are the basic steps for creating a database.
1. Create a new database document and a new table.
2. Define the field names and their formats.
3. Create records and input the record data.
Note:
Files saved in the .mdb Microsoft® Access 97 format can be opened in
P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1. However, files created in Microsoft® Access
versions other than 97 are incompatible with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1.
In order to understand how a database is created and used, we will perform the above steps to make a
database containing the following data:
First
Name
Last
Name
Address City State Zip Code
John Jones 1 Baker Street Portsmouth OH 32468
Mary Smith
1 Crescent
Road
Chicago IL 46901
Peter Brown 1 Main Street
Los
Angeles
CA 92802
Jane Thompson
1 Bradford
Street
New York NY 60867
John Peterson 1 Green Street Miami FL 32960
1. Create a new database document and new
table.
A new table can easily be created by following the steps below.
1. Pull down the [File] menu, select the [New] command to display the [New] submenu, and then
click the [Database] command.