Changing the Views

Each table in a database diagram appears in one of five views: Column Properties, Column Names, Key Columns, Table Names, or Custom. These views show different levels of detail about the table columns, column properties, and property settings.

The Column Properties and Custom views are the most useful for printing because they show the most information about the overall structure of the database. With the Custom view, you can determine exactly what columns you want to see. You can also avoid displaying scroll bars on any of the tables.

The Column Properties view shows all column properties, even ones you do not usually need to see or set.

Note You can hide and show columns in the Column Properties view by setting the column width to zero, and these columns won’t be printed. However, this applies only to one table, and can’t be applied automatically to other tables. It does not change the default display for new tables added to the diagram. The Custom view gives you all these capabilities.

To change a table view

To modify the Custom view

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