MS-Access / Getting Started

Printing a Table Definition

After you create several tables, you might want to print out their definitions to provide a permanent paper record. You can do this by clicking Database Documenter in the Analyze group of the Database Tools tab on the ribbon. Access 2010 displays several options in the Documenter dialog box.

You can select not only the types of objects you want to document but also which objects you want to document. Click Options to select what you want reported. For example, you can ask for the properties, relationships, and permissions for a table; the names, data types, sizes, and properties for fields; and the names, fields, and properties for indexes. Click OK in the Documenter dialog box to produce the report and view it in Print Preview.

[Previous] [Contents] [Next]

In this tutorial:

  1. Designing Client Tables
  2. Creating a New Database
  3. Creating a New Empty Database
  4. Creating Your First Simple Table by Entering Data
  5. Creating a Table Using Application Parts
  6. Creating a Table Using Data Type Parts
  7. Creating a Table in Design View
  8. Understanding Field Data Types
  9. Setting Field Properties
  10. Nulls and Zero-Length Strings
  11. Defining Simple Field Validation Rules
  12. Defining Input Masks
  13. Defining a Primary Key
  14. Defining a Table Validation Rule
  15. Understanding Other Table Properties
  16. Defining Relationships
  17. Defining Your First Relationship
  18. Creating a Relationship on Multiple Fields
  19. Adding Indexes
  20. Multiple-Field Indexes
  21. Setting Table Design Options
  22. Creating a Default Template for New Databases
  23. Printing a Table Definition
  24. Database Limitations