After you've opened the table you want to modify in Design view, click in the Description column for the field whose Description text you want to add (or change). |
Type (or edit) the field description. |
Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar in the main Access window to save your changes to the table. |
INTRODUCTIONAlthough your table's field names may be quite descriptive, it's good practice to add some additional information about each field for people performing data-entry tasks. A field description is useful for this purpose. Using the Description column in the table window, you can type informational phrases or reminders for each field's contents. A field's description appears in the table window's status bar when you are entering data and that field is selected. |