What’s New in Microsoft® Office Access 2007?

Section 5What's New in Forms?

Microsoft Office Access 2007 makes working with forms much easier. The new features include the ability to do the following:

• Use Quick Create to create a form
• Work in a new view called Layout view
• Use stacked and tabular layouts
• Use split forms
• Use alternating background colors
• Filter form data

The following sections cover each of these features in detail.

Using Quick Create to Create a Form

The new Quick Create feature is the easiest method of creating a new form. To create a form using Quick Create:

1. Open the table datasheet, query datasheet, form, or report on which you want the new form to be based.
2. Click the Create tab. Notice that under the Forms group you will see Form, Split Form, and Multiple Items (see ...