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1.

Click Create a New Database

Start Base, and in

Step 1 of the

Database Wizard which automatically launches, select the

Create a new database option and click

Next .primary key , which is a field with "ID" in its name. Here I choose

CustomerID , with the intent of using it to enter each driver's unique driver number. If you don't have some field in mind that's unique to each record, you can have Base add a primary key field for you in step 8. If you choose a field to act as the primary key, you will designate it as the primary key in step 8.

Repeat this step (selecting a field and clicking

> ) to add each additional field you want the table to have to the

Selected fields list. You can change to a different sample table by repeating step 5 if you want to use a field located in some other sample table. When you're done adding fields to your table, click

Next .

TIPS

If you can't find the exact field you want to use, select one that's similar and then modify the field to suit your exact needs in step 7.

You can rearrange the fields in the

Selected fields list by clicking a field and then pressing the or key on your keyboard to move that field up or down within the listing.

KEY TERM

Primary key
A field that is never duplicated in any record in a database.136 Enter Data in List View for help in entering data into the table in this view. If you chose

Create a form based on this table , see

137 Create a Form for help in creating an entry form you can use to enter data more easily into a complex table with lots of fields. Because you don't really need to make any modifications to the table you created in steps 58, there's no need to choose

Modify the table design , which takes you to

Design view so you can modify the table.