Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Part IV: Professional Database Development

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Figure 29.9 shows the Access 2010 tabbed interface and how the tabs maintain their distance from

the bottom of the ribbon while the ribbon is collapsed. The same can be said when using the over-

lapping windows interface. Collapsing or expanding the ribbon causes each floating window in the

Access work area to move upward or downward to maintain a consistent distance from the bottom

of the ribbon.

Working with the Quick Access Toolbar

You may have noticed the new Quick Access Toolbar in the upper-left corner of the main Access

screen (see Figure 29.10 — the Quick Access toolbar is somewhat enlarged in this figure to make

it easier to see), just to above the File tab. The Quick Access toolbar remains visible at all times in

Access and provides a handy way to give your users quick access to commonly performed tasks

such as opening a database file or sending an object to a printer.

FIGURE 29.10

The Quick Access Toolbar remains on the screen at all times.

Quick Access Toolbar

The Quick Access toolbar is fully customizable. You can quickly and easily add any of a large num-

ber of operations to the Quick Access toolbar. Also, the controls you add are applicable either to

the current database, or to all Access databases.

The easiest way to add a command to the Quick Access toolbar is to locate the command on the

Access ribbon, right-click it, and select Add to Quick Access Toolbar from the shortcut menu that

appears. Access adds the selected item to the rightmost position in the Quick Access toolbar.

A more flexible approach to modifying the Quick Access toolbar is to open the Quick Access

Toolbar customization screen by clicking the File tab in the upper-left corner of the main Access

screen and clicking the Options button near the bottom of the Backstage. Then, select the Quick

Access Toolbar item from the Access Options list to open the Customize the Quick Access Toolbar

screen (see Figure 29.11).