Datasheet

Figure 1-4 Open the New Table dialog
box and double-click Design View.
Now you can save and name your table by selecting File → Save. Give the
table an appropriate name, such as “Employees” or “EmployeeMaster.” Keep
in mind that at this point, this table contains no data. You can start entering
employee information directly into the table through the Datasheet view. If
you have a table with a small number of records, you can enter your records
manually. However, most sets of data are quite large, so other techniques of
bringing data into Access are covered later in the chapter.
Figure 1-5 After entering the field name, the data
type defaults to Text.
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