# Creating a New Database

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Creating a New Database
- Choose File - New - Database.
  This opens the Database Wizard, where you create a new database file.
- In the Database Wizard, select the type of database, and select the option to open the Table Wizard as the next wizard.
  The Table Wizard helps you to add a table to the new database file.