Access Terms

a series of dialog boxes that guide you step-by-step through a process.

• Wizard

• Instructions

• Field

• Filter

view in which you can add, edit, and delete fields from a table, change field types and descriptions, set a primary key, and more.

• Table Design view

• Datasheet view

• Print Preview

collection of records that share the same field.

• Range

• Table

• Database

to arrange records alphabetically or numerically according to a specific field.

• Organize

• Filter

• Sort

specification that describes how a set of records should be sorted, filtered, calculated, or presented.

• Instructions

• Query

• Field

• Wizard

printable layout of the data from a table or query.

• Report

• Input Mask

• Sort

the stored information about one particular instance, such as one person’s data in an address book.

• Record

• Field

• Document

• Filter

the field that uniquely identifies each record in a table.

• Primary key

• Enter

• Criteria

• Caption

an item in an Access database, such as a table, query, form, or report that is used to store, display, or manage data.

• Row

• Form

• Object

• Table

a list of values from which to choose when entering information in a field.

• Lookup field

• Filter by Selection

• Table Design view

• Criteria