Create an Access database

Microsoft Access provides two methods to create an Access database. You can use a Database Wizard to create in one operation the required tables, forms, and reports for the type of database you choose — this is the easiest way to start creating your database. Or you can create a blank database and then add the tables, forms, reports, and other objects later — this is the most flexible method, but it requires you to define each database element separately. Either way, you can modify and extend your database at any time after it has been created.

Create a database by using a Database Wizard

1. Click New on the toolbar.
2. In the New File task pane, under New from template, click General templates.
3. On the Databases tab, click the icon for the kind of database you want to create, and then click OK.
4. In the File New Database dialog box, specify a name and location for the database, and then click Create.
5. Follow the instructions in the Database Wizard.

Note   You can't use the Database Wizard to add new tables, forms, or reports to an existing database.

Create a database without using a Database Wizard

1. Click New on the toolbar.
2. In the New File task pane, under New, click Blank Database.
3. In the File New Database dialog box, specify a name and location for the database, and then click Create.

   The Database window appears, and you can create the objects that you want in your database.