Re: troubke with table wizard

you don't need to build your table(s) using a wizard, you can do it
manually. and if you do use a wizard, you can always open the table in
Design view after it's created, and change fieldnames then.

as a newbie, and especially a newbie with a strong Excel background, you may
make a number of common newbie mistakes, influenced by the fact that Access
tables bear a *superficial* resemblance to Excel spreadsheets (a whole lot
of us have been there, done that <g>). suggest you go to
http://home.att.net/~california.db/tips.html and read tips 1 and 2 before
you move forward with your database development.

hth


"John Keith" <kd0gd@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:v7gab39pldvcf3r0e6eb5bmi9c3jabodfo@xxxxxxxxxx
I've decided it is time for me to learn to use access and see if it is
better for some applications I am currently doing in excel. I've
started to play with Access 2003 and it seems the table wizard is not
behaving properly. I am at the step where I can select the fields to
use in my version of a table and after ppicking a field name (or all
of them) nothing appears in the "selected" window. Fields are actually
selected because if I keep stepping through the wizard I do get a
table with all the filed headings, they just don't appear in teh
window (I would like to change some of the names but can't because
they don't appear.) What I am doing wrong??? Please help this newbie
out!


John Keith
kd0gd@xxxxxxxx


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