Access 2000

Opening an Existing Table

In the previous lesson, you downloaded and opened the Great Lake Elementary database, a pre-existing database.

In this lesson, you will learn how to open an existing table and add table records.

A table is a database object.

To Open an Existing Table:

• Open the Great Lake Elementary database window.
• In the database window's Object palette, select Tables.

THEN

• Select a table and click the Open button in the database window, double-click a table, or right-click it and choose Open from the shortcut menu.
• The table opens in Datasheet View.

Datasheet View looks much like a spreadsheet. Don't be too intimidated. If you are comfortable with Excel, you'll soon be comfortable with Datasheet View.