CHAPTER 2
Getting Started with Access

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IN THIS CHAPTER

• Looking at the Access welcome screen
• Creating a database from scratch
• Opening a new database
• Getting acquainted with the Access interface

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In this chapter, you'll gain an understanding of the major components of the Microsoft Access user interface.

The Access Welcome Screen

If you open Access 2019 via Windows (Start ⇨ Access), you'll see the default welcome screen shown in Figure 2.1. The welcome screen gives you several options for opening an existing Access database or creating a new database.

FIGURE 2.1 The Access welcome screen provides a number of ways to start working with Access.

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NOTE

If you open an Access database directly from File Explorer (by double‐clicking it), you won't see the welcome screen. Instead, you'll go directly to the database interface covered later in this chapter.

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In the upper‐left corner of the welcome screen, you'll notice the Recent section...