
You can also create forms from Access’s Navigations forms. A Navigation form is a premade template that is quick and easy to work with.
Create a Navigation Form
- Click the Create tab on the ribbon.
- Click the Navigation button.
A menu of Navigation forms appears.
- Select a Navigation layout.
The Navigation form appears in Layout View, ready for you to design.
- Click objects from the Navigation Pane and drag them to the [Add New] section of the form.
- Click the Save button on the Quick Access toolbar.
- Type a name in the Form Name field and click OK.
Access saves the Navigation form.
Set a Startup Form
If you use a form often, you can set it as a startup form and have it display every time you open the database that it is saved in.
- Click the File tab on the ribbon.
- Select Options.
The Access Options dialog box appears.
- Click the Current Database tab.
- Click the Display Form list arrow and select the form that you want to use as the startup form.
- Click OK.
The form will now appear whenever you open the current database.
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- Select Options.