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Home > Project Management > Tables - Templates

Tables - Templates

Table templates are a great place to start designing your own fields.  The Durkin Toolkit for ACT! offers many pre-designed tables.  You can create a custom table using any template, then add more fields later.

The best place to start adding your first custom table is by using one of the pre-defined templates. These templates contain some basic fields. You can add additional fields or alter the existing fields on the template after it is added to the database. Right now, we will create our table directly from a template:

    1. Go to the TOOLS menu and select DURKIN TOOLKIT
    2. Click on the TOOLKIT VIEWS tab
    3. At the bottom of the window click on the CREATE NEW TABLE button
    4. On the "Create New Table" window, seen below,  please select your template name:
       
         



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