The organizational devices for Access databases is the switchboard form.
Commands Available for Switchboard Items
Command | Meaning |
Go to Switchboard | Opens another switchboard |
Open Form in Add Mode | Opens a form without showing existing records, so that you can add new data. |
Open Form in Edit Mode | Opens a form showing existing records, so that you can edit data (you can also add data in this mode). |
Open Report | Opens a report in preview mode |
Design Application | Opens the Switchboard Manager |
Exit Application | Closes the database |
Run Macro | Runs a macro. |
Run Code | Runs Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) programming code. |
Note |
One big difference between macros in Access and macros you might be familiar with in Word or Excel is that Access doesn't have a macro recorder.