Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Part I: Access Building Blocks

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Formulating Forms

Use the Forms group on the Create tab of the ribbon to add forms to your database. The com-

mands in the Forms group — shown in Figure 7.1 — let you create the following different types of

forms and ways to work with Access forms:

FIGURE 7.1

Use the Form group on the ribbon’s Create tab to add new forms to your database.

Blank Form (Layout view) Form Wizard

Navigation Form

Form Design (Design view) More Forms

Form (Layout view)

l (^) Form: Creates a new form that lets you enter information for one record at a time. You
must have a table, query, form, or report open or selected to use this command. When
you click on the Form button with a table or query highlighted in the Navigation Pane,
Access binds the new form to the data source and opens the form in Layout view.
l (^) Form Design: Creates a new blank form and displays it in Design view. If a table or query
is selected in the Navigation Pane when the Form Design button is clicked, the new form
is automatically bound to the data source.
l Blank Form: Instantly creates a blank form with no controls. The new form is not bound
to a data source, and it opens in Layout view. You must specify a data source (table or
query) and build the form by adding controls from the data source’s Field List.
l (^) Form Wizard: Access features a simple wizard to help you get started building forms. The
wizard asks for the data source, provides a screen for selecting fields to include on the
form, and lets you choose from a number of very basic layouts for the new form.
l Navigation Form: The Access navigation form is a specialized form intended to provide
user navigation through an application. Navigation forms are discussed in detail later in
this chapter.
New Feature
The navigation form is new to Access 2010.
l (^) More Forms: The More button in the Forms group drops down a gallery containing a
number of other form types.