November 2015
Beginner
456 pages
10h 4m
English
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Chapter 2
Navigating the Access Workspace
In This Chapter
Getting started
Checking out the tabs, buttons, and menus
Using your mouse to get from here to there
Letting your fingers do the walking
If you skipped Access 2007, 2010, and 2013 and are coming to Access 2016 from the 2003 version, you’re probably surprised by the new interface, which was introduced with Microsoft Office 2007. If you did upgrade to Access (or Office) 2007, 2010, or 2013, then the 2016 interface looks very familiar — and you’ll find much of it to be the same as what you’re accustomed to.
For those to whom the Office 2016 interface is a big change, take note of the following changes to the interface, which are strikingly different from what you may have used in previous versions:
- Menus have given way to tabs and buttons arranged in a strip across the top of the screen — known as the Ribbon.
- Toolbars are no longer made up of distinct 3-D buttons. Instead, there are buttons and graphic examples of formatting, pictures of what the buttons create, and drop-down lists.
For users of Access 2007: Notice the new File ...
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