When Microsoft Access first starts up, a dialog box is automatically displayed with options to create a new database or open an existing one. If this dialog box is displayed, click Access Database Wizards, pages, and projects and then click OK.

If you have already opened a database or closed the dialog box that displays when Microsoft Access starts up, click New Database on the toolbar.

On the Databases tab, double-click the icon for the kind of database you want to create.

Specify a name and location for the database.

Click Create to start defining your new database