Special Edition Using Microsoft® Office Access 2003

Chapter 2. Building a Simple Desktop and Web Application

In this chapter

• Understanding Access’s Approach to Application Design

• Creating an Access Application from a Template File

• Touring the Contact Management Application

• Using the Switchboard Manager

• Exploring Form Design View and VBA Class Modules

• Downloading Templates from the Microsoft Office Update Site

• Saving a Form as a Data Access Page

• In the Real World—Putting What You’ve Learned in Perspective

Understanding Access’s Approach to Application Design

Unlike other members of Microsoft Office System 2003, Access 2003 requires that you build an application to take advantage of the product’s power as a database development platform. Word 2003 and Excel 2003 let you automate simple repetitive operations ...