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Open Microsoft Access
2003. |
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Click
Help
à
Show the Office Assistant. |
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Double-click
the
Office Assistant.
Click the
Options
button.
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Click the
Gallery tab in the Office
Assistant dialog box.
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Click the
Next
button until you see Merlin the Wizard.
Click
OK
in the Office Assistant dialog box to use Merlin as the Office
Assistant. |
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Double-click
the
Office Assistant
and type “I
want to view a sample database.”
Click the
Search button or press the
Enter key on your keyboard for help with this topic.
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In the Task Pane, click
the help topic labelled ‘Sample
databases included with Access.’
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When the help topic is
displayed, click the first link labelled ‘Northwind
Traders sample database’ and
read the help topic.
To open the sample
database, click
Help
à
Sample Databases
à
Northwind Sample Database.
When the database opens,
click
OK to close
the splash screen and view the Main Switchboard. |
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Click the
Products button on the
Switchboard.
Click the
Next
Record navigation button to
browse the products available through Northwind Traders.
Click the
Close
button to close the Products form. |
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Click the
Display Database Window button
on the Switchboard.
Click
Tools
à
Options
When the Options dialog
box appears, click the
General tab.
Click the
question mark button (beside
the Close button) in the upper-right hand corner of the Options
dialog box.
When your mouse pointer
changes to the cursor with the question mark ( ), click
the option marked ‘Log
name AutoCorrect changes’ to
show the description of this option.
Click
Cancel. |
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11.
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Close
Microsoft Access 2003. |
