As you can see below, the Options tab is important in MySQL.
MySQL Table Options
The Storage engine box will hold the names for the available storage engines, it will default to whatever you set for it in the Preferences or what you set in the Database Options.
If your storage engine will be Merge, then the Merge Options area becomes enabled and you can set the options for merge tables.
The Default Characterset and Default Collation is visible for MySQL 4.1 and up.