Microsoft® Access 2003 Forms, Reports and Queries

Chapter 7. Creating and Using a Form

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Creating a Form with AutoForm

• Creating Simple Forms with the Form Wizard

• Navigation in a Form

• Creating a Form in Design View

• Case Study

Data entry is the unglamorous side of Access. Sure, entering a record or two isn't so bad, but entering dozens of records quickly becomes a chore you might do anything to avoid. The datasheet techniques presented in Chapter 1, “Creating a Basic Query,” can help, but the datasheet isn't the most attractive way to get information into a table. You can take some of the drudgery out of data entry by using forms.

In the real world, we deal with forms of various descriptions all the time—application forms, registration forms, license renewals, deposit slips, and traffic ...