2007 Microsoft® Office System Inside Out

Creating a Default Template for New Databases

Access 2007 introduces a new feature that allows you to create your own default database template for use with all new blank databases. Rather than set options for each new database after you create it, you can set your preferred options only one time and have those settings apply to each new database. To accomplish this, you first need to open a new blank database from the Getting Started screen. Click the Blank Database command on the Getting Started screen to display the Blank Database task pane on the right, as shown in Figure 27-36.

Figure 27-36. The Blank Database task pane appears on the right ...