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Access Terms Lesson1
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Database file | the file that contains all objects of your databse |
Navigation Pane | The listing of all the objects in the database |
Object | A table, form, query, report, or other items used to store and manage data in a database |
Datasheet View | The view of a table that shows you the data in each record |
Field Edit Mode | a mode in which the insertion point displays in a selected field |
Navigation Mode | A mode in which the entire field entry is highlighted in a selected field |
Sort | To organize data alphabetically or in numerical order |
Ascending | To sort from the smallest to the largest |
Descending | To sort from the largest to the smallest |
Table | A collection of database fields designed to be used together |
Dialog Box launcher | a button in the bottom-right corner of a group on a tab of the ribbon, which when clicked opens a dialog box or task pane |
Datasheet | A grid showing the data in a table, with the field names as column headings and the records in rows beneath them |
Preview | To produce a screen view of what a printed page will look like |
Form | A window showing the data in a table with one records fields appearing at a time in idividually labeled boxes |
Primary Key | A field that uniquely identifies each record in a table |
Template | A predefined group of settings for creating a new database |
Blank database | A database file that does not yet contain any objects |
Table design view | A view in which you can add, edit, and delete fields from the table, change field types and descriptions, etc. |
Field Properties | Characteristics of a field that determine how long an entry can be, how the entry will be formatted, etc |
Data Type | The type of data that a particular field is designed to hold |
Primary key | The field that uniquely identifies each record in a table |
Field Descriptin | An optional brief comment or explaination of a field |
Composite Key | Two or more fields that collectively define the primary key by unique combinations of their values |