Brother PT-2500PC User Manual page 26

Creating a database
The following are the basic steps for creating a database.
1. Create a new database document and a new table.
2. Define the field names and their formats.
3. Create records and input the record data.
Note:
Files saved in the .mdb Microsoft® Access 97 format can be opened in
P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1. However, files created in Microsoft® Access
versions other than 97 are incompatible with P-touch Editor Ver. 3.1.
In order to understand how a database is created and used, we will perform the above steps to make a
database containing the following data:
First Last
Name Name
John Jones
Mary Smith
Peter Brown
Jane Thompson
John Peterson
1. Create a new database document and new
table.
A new table can easily be created by following the steps below.
1. Pull down the [File] menu, select the [New] command to display the [New] submenu, and then
click the [Database] command.
Address City
1 Baker Street Portsmouth
1 Crescent
Chicago
Road
1 Main Street
Angeles
1 Bradford
New York
Street
1 Green Street Miami
State
OH
IL
Los
CA
NY
FL
Zip Code
32468
46901
92802
60867
32960