In addition to listing the objects, each object page (except the Macros and Modules pages)
includes two or three shortcut items that you can double-click to start the process of creating a
new object. For example, the Tables page, as shown earlier in Figure 1-3, has the following three
items in the list:
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Create table in Design view
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Create table by using wizard
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Create table by entering data
You’ll learn more about using these features in Chapter 3.
Look at Menu Options and Toolbar Buttons
While you are bouncing around in the Database window, you might as well take a look at the
menus and toolbar buttons. The standard Database menu bar and toolbar appear in the Access
window. Not all the options are available to all of the database objects, and some, such as the
Save button, are not available until a table or other object is opened. It also makes sense that
the Paste button is dimmed until you have copied something to the clipboard.
If you don’t see the toolbar, right-click in the menu bar and select Database in the list of
available toolbars.
To see what a toolbar button will do, rest the mouse pointer on the button and look at the
ScreenTip that appears briefly. A lot of the menu commands and toolbar buttons also have shortcut
keys that might show in the ScreenTip or with the menu command name. See Chapter 16 for
more information about showing shortcut keys on menus and toolbars.
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