Microsoft® Access® 2010 Plain & Simple

Chapter 2. What’s New in Access 2010?

In this section:

• Managing Access Settings and Files in Backstage View

• Customizing the Access 2010 User Interface

• Creating Databases Using Improved Templates

• Building Databases by Re-Using Application Parts

• Creating Navigation Forms

• Formatting Database Objects Using Office Themes

• Gaining Insights into Data Using Conditional Formatting

• Defining Calculated Fields Using the Improved Expression Builder

One of the first things you’ll notice about Microsoft Access 2010 is that the program incorporates the Microsoft Fluent interface, also known as the Ribbon, which was introduced in Access 2007. If you used Access 2003 or an earlier version of Access, you’ll need to spend only a little bit of time working with the new user ...