How to Create a Database in Access First, launch Access and choose File, New. Since you’ll be building this database from scratch, choose Blank database.

Microsoft Access allows business and other large, data-sharing entities to create databases storing vast amounts of information. Anyone using Access can share these database files with one another.

Microsoft Office is more than the sum of its parts—you can link an Excel database table to an Access database, integrating your data and adding value. Here's how.

Importing data can also link the data to an existing database. Access does not import QuickBooks data directly, but you can transfer your data by using Microsoft Excel as an intermediary.

In Microsoft Access, you can rename or delete a database table or other objects such as forms, reports, and queries. We show you how to do it.

If you've ever added a logo or product image to an Access form, you know that an embedded form object can take up a lot of space in your database. Learn how to use an image's Linked property to ...