You can have a basic form up and running and as little as three clicks of a mouse.…For instance in the Two Trees database here I can go to the Navigation Pane,…click on the Orders table, on the Create tab of the Ribbon I can click on…Form in the Forms group.…Access will create a form here based off of that Orders table.…Right now I am in Layout View which is one of the two editing modes.…In the View menu here I am going to switch to Form View so I can work with the data.…The data in this form is coming straight out of the Orders table.…Right now I'm looking at record number one of 2200.…I can see that it's OrderID 10000 that was placed on the 10/01/2005 and then it…was for customer at 2461.…
Let's go ahead and see this data in the Orders table.…If I double-click on the Orders table, I can see in the EDS that record number…one is order 10000 on the 10th of January for this particular customer.…Now the data in this form is a live link to the data in the table.…For instance if I click on the OrderDate field here and get the Calendar…
Author
Adam Wilbert
Released
2/14/2012- Designing for the end user
- Organizing form elements
- Formatting a form
- Adding headers
- Linking to external content
- Entering and selecting data
- Adding charts
- Creating a main menu
- Creating a customer form
- Understanding report structure
- Building reports from wizards and queries
- Printing reports
Skill Level Intermediate
Duration
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Introduction
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Welcome59s
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1. Introduction to Forms
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Introducing forms2m 41s
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Exploring the database1m 49s
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2. Form-Design Basics: Creating a Directory
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Organizing the form elements7m 14s
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Formatting4m 48s
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3. Form and Report Controls
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Introducing form controls3m 48s
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Using lines and rectangles2m 48s
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Adding buttons5m 3s
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Linking to external content4m 15s
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Attaching documents6m 49s
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Attaching images5m 8s
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Adding charts7m 9s
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Linking controls7m 41s
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4. Getting around the Database
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Creating the main menu8m 49s
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Creating a customer form7m 18s
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5. Report Layout
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Grouping and sorting data4m 36s
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Formatting conditionally6m 59s
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Calculating fields4m 35s
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Adding the finishing touches4m 49s
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6. Printing, Tweaking, and Automating
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Printing reports3m 6s
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Tweaking the design7m 10s
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Conclusion
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Next steps58s
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Video: Creating a form with the Form Wizard