basic help

[garyptaylor]

I am brand new to Access but with pretty extensive database design experience 20 years ago in R:Base. I understand fundemetally how a relational database works but am stuck on small mechanics for now. Current question: how do I add a field to a template table. I downloaded a template database and the tables seem to be locked so I cannot change a field name or add a field. If I create a new table I can do those things just fine. At this point I dont want to design a new database from scratch, because designing reports, forms etc would probably be a lot more time consuming than editing an existing template. I am using the Customer Service template. Thanks!!

[RuralGuy]

All of the objects in the templates should be changeable. Are you getting an error of some kind?

[garyptaylor]

Thanks for your reply!! I get no error messages. In the tables I create myself , the heading of the column to the right of the last field says "add a field" or something like that. The template colums are all blank to the right of the last field. This is an entire database I downloaded not just one of the template table in the Create > table section. in the templates in the Create> table section, I can add a field or change the field name etc without a problem!

[RuralGuy]

Rather than me downloading the template again, how about you doing a Compact and Repair and then zip up the db and attach it to a post here?