Access XP

Opening Forms in the Contact Management Database

Forms can be opened several ways in the Contact Management database. When the Contact Management database is first opened, a main switchboard of menu items is automatically displayed. A form can also be displayed by opening it from the Forms object.

If a table has been defined to a database, it does not matter whether records are inputted into the table using the Datasheet View discussed in lesson 7, or through a data entry form presented in this lesson. Both methods update the same table.

To Open a Form from the Forms Object:

• Open the Contact Management database.
• In the database window, click on the Forms tab from the Object palette.
  
  
• In the right white pane, double-click the Contacts form
  
  (You could also either click once on the Contacts form and then click the Open button, or you could right-click on the Contacts form and select Open from the shortcut menu.