SECTION 2
Lesson 2.2: Formatting Tables

   

 

 

In this exercise you will customize the empty table in the My Database file.

1.                   

Open Lesson 2.2 from the Section 2 folder of your Exercise Files.

 

 

 

2.                   

Open the Vehicles table in Design view and modify the following field properties:

 

Change the Vehicle ID format to General Number, and add Vehicle ID # to the field Caption.

 

 

 

3.                   

Change the Year Field Size to Integer, and change the Required option to Yes.

 

 

 

4.                   

Rename the Engine field to Number of Cylinders. Change its Data Type to Number, and then change its Field Size to Integer. Type Cylinders for the Caption.

 

 

5.                   

Add a meaningful description to each field in the Vehicles table:

 

Vehicle ID

Identification number for each vehicle in this table.

Year

First year of production.

Make

Manufacturer of vehicle.

Model

Model name of vehicle.

Country of Origin

Manufacturer’s base of operations.

Number of Cylinders

Number of cylinders in engine block, 0 for rotary engines.

 

 

 

6.                   

Close the Vehicles table and save the changes.

 

 

7.                   

Open the Countries table in Design view. Add the following descriptions to the table:

 

Country ID

Identification number for each country in the list.

Country Name

Name of the country or region.

 

 

 

8.                   

Close the Countries table and save the changes.

 

 

9.                   

Close Microsoft Access 2003.