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Copyright © 2011 by Pearson Education Inc. publishing as Prentice Hall. All rights reserved.From Skills for Success with Microsoft® Access 2010 Comprehensive
Optimize Tables and Create Macros | Microsoft Access Chapter 7 More Skills: SKILL 13 | Page 1 of 5
� Quick Start fields are commonly used groups of fields that can be quickly inserted into atable.
To complete this database, you will need the following file:� a07_Classes
You will save your files as:� Lastname_Firstname_a07_Classes� Lastname_Firstname_a07_Classes_Snip
1. Start Access and open the student data file a07_Classes. Click the File tab, and thensave the file as an Access Database in your Access Chapter 7 folder with the nameLastname_Firstname_a07_Classes If necessary, enable the content.
2. In the Navigation Pane, double-click the Art Classes table.
3. Click in the Click to Add field on the first row.
4. Display the Fields tab, and then in the Add & Delete group, click More Fields. Scroll down,and then from the displayed menu, click Category, and then compare your screen withFigure 1.
A new Category field column is added to the datasheet.
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More Skills 13 Insert Quick Start Fields
Figure 1
Category column
More Fields button
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5. On the first row of the datasheet, click the Category field down arrow, move the mousepointer below the list until the Edit List Items button is displayed, as shown in Figure 2,and then click the Edit List Items button .
Figure 2
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6. In the Edit List Items dialog box, replace the first entry with 1 – Beginner asshown in Figure 3.
Edit List Itemsbutton
Figure 3
1 – Beginnerentered
7. In the Edit List Items dialog box, replace the second entry with 2 – Intermediate and thenreplace the third entry with 3 – Advanced Compare your screen with Figure 4.
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8. Click OK.
9. In the first row, click in the Instructor column, and then replace Ron Davis with Your Name
Figure 4
Categories entered
10. Press F two times. Click the Category down arrow, and then from the displayed list click1 – Beginner. Compare your screen with Figure 5.
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Figure 5
Category entered
11. In the fifth row, click in the Category column. Click the down arrow, and then from thedisplayed list click 2- Intermediate.
12. Click the Category column heading to select the column. Right-click, and then click FieldWidth. In the Column Width dialog box, click Best Fit. Compare your screen with Figure 6.
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13. Start the Snipping Tool, click the New button arrow, and then click Full-screen Snip.Save the snip to your Access Chapter 7 folder as Lastname_Firstname_a07_Classes_Snip and then Close the Snipping Tool mark-up window.
14. Save and Close the Art Classes table.
15. Exit Access. Submit your work electronically or as directed by your instructor.
� You have completed More Skills 13
Figure 6
Column adjusted
