Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 7: Creating Basic Access Forms

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The main advantage of using the Form Wizard is that it binds the new form to a data source and

adds controls for the selected fields. In most cases, however, you still have considerable work to do

after the Form Wizard has finished.

Looking at special types of forms

When working with Access, the word form can mean any of several different things, depending on

context. This section discusses several different ways that “forms” are used in Access, and presents

an example of each usage.

Navigation forms

New Feature
Access 2010 introduces an entirely new form intended specifically as a navigation tool for users. Navigation
forms include a number of tabs that provide instant access to any number of other forms in a form/subform
arrangement. The Navigation ribbon button offers a number of button placement options (shown in Figure
7.6). Horizontal Tabs is the default.

FIGURE 7.6

The Navigation button provides a number of tab placement options.

Selecting a tab placement in the Navigation drop-down list opens the new navigation form in

Design view (see Figure 7.7). The new form includes a row of tabs along the top and a large area

under the tabs for embedding subforms. You type the tab’s label (like Products) directly into the

tab, or add it through the tab’s Caption property. As you complete the tab’s label, Access adds a

new, blank tab to the right of the current tab.