Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Part I: Access Building Blocks

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In Figure 7.7, the Horizontal Tabs option was selected when choosing a navigation form template.

The alternatives to Horizontal Tabs (Vertical Tabs, Left, Vertical Tabs, Right, and so on) are shown

in Figure 7.6.

FIGURE 7.7

The Navigation form features a large area for embedding subforms.

Horizontal tabs

Subform area

The tab’s Property Sheet (shown in Figure 7.8) includes the Navigation Target Name property

for specifying the Access form to use as the tab’s subform. Select a form from the drop-down list

in the Navigation Target Name property, and Access creates the association to the subform

for you.