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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.
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.
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