Microsoft® Office Access™ 2007 Plain & Simple

Surveying the Access Window

• The title bar displays the name of the database and the window control buttons.

• The tabs on the ribbon enable you to display different types of commands based on the category you select.

• The ribbon contains commands that reflect the active Contextual tab, your position in the database, and the selected objects.

• The Navigation pane displays database objects of the type you select.

• The object window displays any open database objects.

• The status bar indicates the progress of any ongoing processes.