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Set the Access database options

Set the Access database options

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Set the Access database options

- [Instructor] Access databases really start to perform like regular software when you take the steps to set up the database options. Things like the application title, which is in the title bar across the top definitely makes the database more meaningful. The startup form, if you want your navigation form to be the first thing that people see then you need to set up the startup. You can also hide and disable options like the toolbars. Access special keys allow you to bypass those set ups when you're still working in your database or when you have corrections to make. So you want to know about the Access special keys. Things like holding the shift key when you open the database will actually bypass all these set up options. And then also F11 will show your navigation pane once we've hidden it. Let's go set some database options. So currently we have the application title for our database set as Sample Database. We really want to name it Production. So let's go to File, let's go to…

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