Who designed that tiny New (Blank) Record button, anyway? Laurie Ulrich shows you how Access forms become much easier to use when you add your own buttons for record operations, navigation, and more.
- [Instructor] Users comment all the time…about how small the record navigation tools are…in Access forms, especially the new blank record button.…To make a bigger button for adding new records…or for any other task you might want…to perform while in a form, click the command button control…on the design tab and then draw a box with your mouse.…The Command Button Wizard opens,…offering six different categories.…And for each one a series…of buttons you can add to the form.…To demonstrate I'm going to click Add New Record…in the Record Operations category.…
Choose the appearance of the button.…I'm choosing text.…Type the name of the button again.…This simply repeats the button text.…Click finish and you've made a new button…to replace the tiny new record button.…You can move and resize it as needed.…Test it by clicking on it while in form view…and the form clears out for a new record.…
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Released
2/27/2019- Planning your database
- Building tables
- Setting field properties
- Creating relationships
- Creating forms for data entry
- Finding data with queries
- Updating records with queries
- Building better reports
Skill Level Intermediate
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Introduction
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1. Planning
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Storyboarding1m 6s
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2. Building a Table
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3. Field Properties
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Using input masks1m 19s
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4. Relationships
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Editing relationships1m 4s
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5. Data Entry
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Fast forms with subforms1m 12s
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Create combo and list boxes1m 27s
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Adjusting tab order in forms1m 15s
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6. Queries
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Finding missing data1m 7s
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7. Reports
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