Access Vocabulary

A collection of objects that work together to store, retrieve, display, and summarize data and also to automate tasks.

• Record Selector
• Database
• Field
• Navigation Pane

A program that you use to store, retrieve, analyze, and print information. 

• Field
• Record Selector
• Datasheet
• Database Management System

A predesigned file that you can us to create a new file. 

• Query
• Template
• Relationship
• Database

Displays the data for a chart, table or query in rows and columns, with records in rows and fields in columns. 

• Field
• Datasheet
• Relationship
• Record

The box in the upper-left corner of a datasheet that when clicked selects all fields and records in a datasheet

• Datasheet selector
• Field
• Database management system
• Record

A single characteristic in a table's design that appears in a datasheet as a column.

• Record Selector
• Navigation Pane 
• Field
• Database

The top of a column in a datasheet that contains the field name. When clicked the entire column is selected. 

• Database Management System
• Navigation Pane
• Record
• Field Selector

An area in a window that contains links to folders, searches, objects, or more. 

• Record Selector
• Navigation Pane
• Field
• Databsheet

The collection of field values for a complete set of data. 

• Field
• Field Selector 
• Record
• Navigation Pane

The box to the left of a record in a datasheet that when clicked selects the entire record. 

• Field Selector
• Database
• Navigation Pane
• Record Selector