WORKING WITH TABLES 64 4. When the database opens, click the button in its window. The FoodStore1 database window should now look like this: WORKING WITH TABLES 65 Employ an input mask 1. Make sure Tables is selected, then right-click the Customers table. WORKING WITH TABLES 66 2. When the menu appears, click Design View. WORKING WITH TABLES 67 The Customers table should open in Design View. 3. Click in the Phone Number row. WORKING WITH TABLES 68 4. In the Field Properties area of the window, click in the Input Mask property. 5. Click the button beside the Input Mask property. WORKING WITH TABLES 69 6. When the Input Mask Wizard window appears… …make sure the Phone Number input mask is selected. Then click in the Try It: box. WORKING WITH TABLES 70 7. In the Try It box, type: 2125551515 8. Click the button. WORKING WITH TABLES 71 9. When the next screen appears, click the button. WORKING WITH TABLES 72 10. When the next screen appears, click the radio button in front of With the symbols in the mask, like this. Then click the button. WORKING WITH TABLES 73 11. When the final screen appears, click the button. The Input Mask for the Phone Number field should now look like this: [...]... will open in Design View: WORKING WITH TABLES 79 2 In the first box in the Field Name column, type: Order ID then press the TAB key It should look like this: 3 80 On the Toolbar, click the WORKING WITH TABLES icon 4 When the Save As window appears, type: Orders in the Table Name box 5 Click the 6 When the alert window appears, click the button button Tip: You’ll assign a Primary Key later WORKING WITH... heading dividers to set column widths manually 4 Double-click the divider between the Address 1 and Address 2 column headings The Address 1 field should resize to fit the data in it 5 Click the window’s 6 When the alert window appears, click the changes button to close the Customers table button to save WORKING WITH TABLES 77 Create new tables 1 78 Double-click Create table in Design view WORKING WITH... database window WORKING WITH TABLES 75 Adjust table layout 1 2 76 Double-click the Customers table to open it Place your cursor on the divider between the Company Name and Address 1 column headings WORKING WITH TABLES The cursor should turn into a double-headed arrow: 3 Double-click The Company Name column should resize to fit the widest piece of data in that field: Tip: Instead of double-clicking, you... type 1 In the Data Type column beside the Order ID field, click the drop-down arrow When the list appears, click AutoNumber 2 In the Description column, type: This is the Generic Order ID Number then press TAB Tip: Filling in a Description is optional, but it helps you to remember what sort of information is supposed to be stored in a field 82 WORKING WITH TABLES Assign the Date/Time data type 1 In the... WITH TABLES Assign the Date/Time data type 1 In the Field Name column, in the second row, type: Order Date then press TAB 2 In the Data Type column, click the drop-down arrow 3 When the menu appears, click Date/Time, then press TAB WORKING WITH TABLES 83 4 In the Description column, type: Date the order was placed then press TAB 84 WORKING WITH TABLES Employ the Lookup Wizard What does the Lookup Wizard...12 13 When the alert window appears, click the the Customers table 14 74 On the Menu Bar, click View, then Datasheet View Use the TAB key to move across the first record until you are in the Phone Number field WORKING WITH TABLES button to save 15 Type: 3015551212 16 Press the TAB key four times to move to the next record... Lookup Wizard allows you to create a field where database users can choose from a list of things This list can come from a table or query, or list items can be specified manually 1 In the Field Name column, type: Customer then press TAB 2 In the Data Type column, click the down arrow, then Lookup Wizard … WORKING WITH TABLES 85 . WORKING WITH TABLES 64 4. When the database opens, click the button in its window. The FoodStore1 database window should now look like this: WORKING WITH TABLES 65 Employ an input. WORKING WITH TABLES 68 4. In the Field Properties area of the window, click in the Input Mask property. 5. Click the button beside the Input Mask property. WORKING WITH TABLES. 69 6. When the Input Mask Wizard window appears… …make sure the Phone Number input mask is selected. Then click in the Try It: box. WORKING WITH TABLES 70 7. In the Try It