Getting started with Microsoft Access 2007 for Windows
A database is an organized collection of records. Telephone and address books are examples of paper databases. With Access, youcan create a computerized database. For example, you can use Access to organize the students who attend a school, the courses they take, and the instructors who teach them. So Microsoft Access is a database software package.
Getting Started
To begin, start Access 2007. You screen will look similar to the one shown here.
Understanding Security
It is possible for an Access database to contain malicious code, such as a computer virus. Access has security settings that disable code and display a security warning when you open a database. If you know a database is trustworthy, you can perform the following steps to enable it. You may need to enable the Northwind database.
To enable a database:
The Navigation Pane
To manipulate the Navigation pane:
The Title Bar
The Title bar is located at the top in the center of the Access window. The Title bar displays the name of the database on which you are currently working.
The Ribbon
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