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Microsoft® Office Access 2003 Step by Step
Author Online Training Solutions Inc.
Pages 368
Disk 1 Companion CD(s)
Level Beg/Int
Published 08/27/2003
ISBN 9780735615175
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Index


A
Access. See Microsoft Access
action queries,   130, 146, 293 See also queries
    append queries,   130
    converting from select queries,   168
    creating,   168
    delete queries (see delete queries)
    make-table queries,   130
    update queries (see update queries)
actions. See events
Active Server Pages (ASP),   260, 293
Add Procedure dialog box,   269
advanced filtering,   xxxiv, 127 See also filtering
aggregate functions,   140, 293 See also functions
aligning labels,   90, 210
analyzing performance,   218, 220
apostrophes in VBA code,   103
append queries,   130, 293 See also queries
application title,   214
Apply Filter button,   xxxiv, 124–25
applying
    filters,   xxxiv, 125
    smart tags, to fields,   54
    startup options,   215
    styles,   35
    themes, to data access pages,   284
area codes
    requiring,   155
    restricting to specific,   158
arithmetic operators,   129, 293 See also expressions
ASCII,   293
assigning passwords,   230 See also passwords
authorizing database access,   240
autocomplete, in Visual Basic Editor,   266
AutoDialer dialog box,   38
AutoFormat dialog box,   94
AutoFormats, creating,   95
AutoForms,   104–106, 293
automatically
    numbering,   46
    saving,   37
automating actions,   22
AutoNumber data type,   46
AutoPage, creating data access pages with,   276

B
back-end databases,   239, 293 See also databases
backgrounds, form,   91
    resizing,   xxxii, 93
    styles for,   105
backgrounds, label,   89
backing up
    databases,   238
    databases, with Briefcase,   xlii, 235
    tables,   169
binary files,   226, 293
blank databases, creating,   41, 146
Bold button (Formatting toolbar),   280
Boolean data type,   147, 150, 293
borders, transparent,   196
bound,   293
Briefcase
    backing up databases with,   xlii, 235
    copying files to,   235
    creating new,   xlii, 234
    defined,   293
    installing,   234
    opening,   236
    renaming,   xlii, 234
    replicating databases to,   234
    updating,   237
browsers,   259
building expressions,   137 See also expressions
bulleted lists, creating,   280
Bullets button (Formatting toolbar),   280
business tables,   42
buttons on data access pages, hiding,   282
buttons, command. See command buttons
buttons, switchboard
    adding,   205
    assigning properties to,   204
    displaying,   207
    labeling,   204
    making visible,   207
    On Click event,   207

C
Calls form,   39
Caption property,   47
captions
    adding to form headers,   xxxii
    combo box,   99
    field,   47
    form header,   97
    label,   90
centering text
    in labels,   98
    in text boxes,   189
characters, input mask,   153
Check Box button (Toolbox),   210
check boxes,   210 See also controls
checking spelling,   266
Choose Builder dialog box,   102
class modules,   263, 293
clearing design grids,   xxiv, 127 See also design grids
Close button,   9
Close button (Print Preview toolbar),   198
closing
    data type list, without making changes,   46
    databases,   6
    Print Preview,   26
    switchboards,   5, 204
    tables,   9
code, VBA. See VBA code
collapsing subdatasheets,   9 See also subdatasheets
Color dialog box,   89
coloring backgrounds/borders,   90
columns,   2
    adjacent, selecting,   53
    Data Type,   46
    Description,   46
    in Design view,   46
    Field Name,   46
    freezing,   54
    hiding,   xxix, 53, 166
    locking,   54
    resizing,   8, 52
    resizing to display all text,   xxviii
    resizing to minimum width,   xxviii
    restoring,   xxix, 53
    selecting,   120
    selecting adjacent,   53
    sizing to fit,   112
    sorting,   120
    unhiding,   xxix, 53
    widening,   52
    width, setting to widest entry,   8
columns. See also fields
combo boxes,   160, 293 See also controls
    captions,   99
    creating, with Lookup Wizard,   161
    inserting,   98
    lookup lists (see lookup lists)
comma-delimited text file,   294
command button,   294
Command Button button (Toolbox),   211
Command Button Wizard,   211
command buttons,   83 See also controls
    adding to forms,   211
    creating,   211
comment,   294
comments, VBA,   103, 265
    removing,   270
compacting databases,   xl, 218–19
comparison operators,   129, 294 See also expressions
component,   294
compression,   294
    and encrypting,   228
ConnectionString property (data access pages),   282
constant,   294
control property,   294
control sources,   86, 90, 294
Control Wizards button (Toolbox),   98, 210
controlling access to VBA code,   253
controls,   14, 83, 95–100, 294
    borders, coloring,   90
    check boxes,   210
    combo boxes,   98
    command buttons (see command buttons)
    creating without wizards,   98
    deselecting,   90
    disabling,   106
    displaying list of,   96
    experimenting with,   96
    font weight,   91
    formatting all,   89
    grouping,   183
    incrementally positioning,   94
    label,   15
    label (see also labels)
    modifying multiple simultaneously,   185
    moving, incrementally,   94
    option buttons,   83, 160
    pictures, inserting,   xxxii, 97
    properties,   88
    ScreenTips,   97
    selecting all,   89
    selecting multiple,   183
    shadowing,   90
    sizing to fit,   98
    text box (see text boxes)
    turning off,   106
    unbound (see unbound controls)
converting
    databases, into MDE files, irrevocability of,   256
    reports, into subreports,   192
    select queries, into action queries,   168
    select queries, into delete queries,   171
Copy button,   xxxi, 79
copying See also pasting
    database information,   78
    fields, to design grids,   127, 133
    formatting,   99
    tables,   169
    tables, between databases,   79
    VBA code,   270
copyright symbol,   280
criteria,   294
criteria, expression,   129 See also expressions
criteria, query,   13, 167 See also queries
crosstab queries,   130, 294 See also queries
currency conversion function,   135
custom
    date formats,   xxxviii
    menus/toolbars, preventing changes to,   214
customizing
    colors,   90
    date formats,   182
    form layout,   92

D
data access pages,   21, 260, 276, 294
    applying themes to,   284
    ConnectionString property,   282
    creating, manually,   xliv, 287
    creating, with AutoPage,   276
    creating, with Page Wizard,   283
    elements, properties of,   281
    exporting,   73
    Field List,   276
    Field List, displaying 287
    vs. forms,   276
    getting help on,   278
    hiding buttons,   282
    losing,   282
    moving, errors when,   283
    navigating in,   278
    opening, errors when,   282
    paths to data sources,   282
    PivotTables and,   287
    renaming, errors when,   283
    vs. reports,   276
    saving,   278
    sorting records in,   279
    Toolbox, displaying,   287
    viewing,   277, 279
data source,   294
Data Type column,   46
data types,   146, 294
    AutoNumber,   46
    Boolean,   147
    Boolean, display options,   150
    changing,   48
    date,   149
    descriptions of,   46
    entering quickly,   147
    list of,   46
    Long Integer,   47
    Lookup Wizard,   160
    OLE Object,   48
    phone number,   48
    restricting,   146
    setting,   147
    viewing list of,   46
    Yes/No,   147
    Yes/No, display options,   150
data warehouses,   234, 295
data, restricting. See restricting input
database applications,   31, 295
database programs,   3, 295
database security,   225–256, 295
Database Splitter Wizard,   238
database structure,   32
    creating empty,   41
database windows,   5, 295
    maximizing,   8
    minimizing,   8
    navigation areas,   9
    turning off display at startup,   214
Database Wizard,   33, 36
databases
    access, authorizing,   240
    allowing users to directly manipulate data (see data access pages)
    applications,   31
    back-end,   238
    backing up,   238
    backing up, with Briefcase,   xlii, 235
    benefits of,   2
    blank, creating,   41, 146
    closing,   6
    columns (see columns)
    compacting,   xl, 218–19
    converting into MDE files, irrevocability of,   256
    copying tables between,   79
    copying/pasting information from,   78
    creating blank,   41
    creating empty,   41
    creating, with wizards,   33
    data, entering,   31
    default storage location,   34
    defined,   2
    Design Masters (see Design Masters)
    Detect and Repair command,   218
    distributing as MDE files,   254
    documenting,   218, 221
    encrypting/decrypting,   226
    entering data,   31
    exporting, as HTML,   xliv, 261
    filling with data,   31
    flat,   3
    forms (see forms)
    front-end,   238
    importing from,   66–67
    linking,   76
    losing,   282
    macros (see macros)
    merging,   66
    modules (see modules)
    multiple tables in,   41
    multiple users,   231
    naming,   33–34
    navigation areas,   9
    on networks (see sharing databases)
    non-Access, importing from,   68
    Northwind Traders,   22
    objects (see objects)
    opening,   4
    opening, errors when,   282
    opening, exclusively,   230
    pages (see data access pages)
    password protecting (see passwords)
    populating,   31
    properties,   218
    publicly distributed, securing,   254
    queries (see queries)
    records (see records)
    relational,   3, 57
    repairing,   xl, 218, 219
    replicating,   233–238
    reports (see reports)
    restricting access to,   213
    rows (see rows)
    sample,   22
    saving as MDE files,   255, 257
    sharing (see sharing databases)
    splitting,   238–240
    startup options,   213
    structure (see database structure)
    switchboards (see switchboards)
    synchronizing,   233, 237
    windows (see database windows)
Datasheet view,   6, 295
    Field Properties section,   46
    opening tables in,   8, 44
    primary key icons,   46
    printing tables in,   23
    switching to,   148
    switching to Design view from,   6, 50
    switching to from Design view,   45
datasheets, embedded. See subdatasheets
date and time
    custom formats, creating,   182
    entering,   149
    formatting,   49
    inserting,   183, 189
    specifying permitted range for,   50
Date and Time dialog box,   xxxix, 189
dates
    custom formats, creating,   xxxviii
    inserting,   xxxix
dBASE, importing from,   68
declaring variables,   265
    requiring,   269
decrypting,   295 See encrypting/decrypting
default field properties,   44
default views,   112
defining
    fields,   147
    variables (see declaring variables)
Delete button,   281
delete queries,   130, 170, 295 See also queries
    converting select queries into,   171
    running,   xxxvii 172
    saving,   172
    unintended effects,   170
deleting
    EmailAddress field,   50
    fields,   50
    filters,   xxxiii, 122, 166
    footers, from reports,   193
    headers, from reports,   193
    labels,   xxxviii, 90, 182
    lines, in reports,   182
    passwords,   230
    passwords, for VBA code,   254
    primary keys,   46
    records, irrevocability of,   170
    relationships,   109
    from tables,   170
    from tables with relationships,   171
    text boxes,   193
delimited text files,   61, 295
delimiter,   295
Description column,   46
deselecting controls,   90 See also controls
Design button,   101
design grids,   11, 13, 295 See also queries
    clearing,   xxxiv, 127
    columns in, sizing to fit,   137
    copying fields to,   127, 133
    for filtering,   126
Design Masters,   233, 295
Design view,   6, 86
    columns in,   46
    defined,   295
    forms in,   15
    icon associated with,   197
    opening forms in,   87
    queries in,   13
    reports in,   20
    switching to Datasheet view from,   6, 50
    switching to from Datasheet view,   45
    viewing reports in,   181
    viewing switchboards in,   206
desktop shortcuts,   246
Detail section, resizing,   96
Details button,   7, 12
Detect and Repair command,   218
DHTML,   295
dialing phone numbers,   38
dialog boxes, moving,   88
Dim statements,   265
disabling. See turning off
displaying
    field names,   47
    form footers,   93
    form properties,   88
    forms switchboard,   37
    hidden columns,   xxix, 53
    hidden files/folders,   252
    list of controls,   96
    multiple tables,   7
    New File task pane,   xxviii, 32
    object descriptions,   7
    queries, all,   12
    query commands,   168
    query types,   12
    report header/footers,   186, 194
    reports,   20
    reports switchboard,   40
    toolbox,   xxvii, xxxviii, 18, 97, 188
    Visual Basic Editor components,   264
distributing databases as MDE files,   254
documenting databases,   218, 221 See also databases
downloading,   33
duplicate queries,   129, 295 See also queries
Dynamic Hypertext Markup Language (DHTML),   295
dynamic Web pages,   260, 296
    Active Server Pages (ASP),   260
    data access pages (see data access pages)

E
Edit Switchboard Item dialog box,   204
Edit Switchboard Page dialog box,   203
editing
    captions,   90
    label captions,   90
    relationships,   108–109
    shortcuts,   247
    switchboards,   203, 205, 207
    text box control sources,   90
EmailAddress field, deleting,   50
embedded datasheets. See subdatasheets
empty strings, allowing,   145
encrypting,   296
encrypting/decrypting,   226–228
    compression and,   228
    databases,   226
enforcing referential integrity,   108
entering
    dates,   149
    records,   37
    text,   149
event,   296
events,   100–104
    attaching VBA code to,   102
    firing,   101
    procedures associated with,   264
    recognized by object, list of,   100
Excel. See Microsoft Excel
exclusive use,   296
expanding subdatasheets,   8 See also subdatasheets
experimenting with controls,   96
exporting,   58, 73
    databases, as HTML,   xliv, 261
    defined,   296
    forms,   73
    to HTML files,   76
    macros,   73
    modules,   73
    pages,   73
    queries,   73
    reports,   73
    reports, to static Web pages,   xliv, 261
    tables,   73
    tables, to Excel,   74
    transforms and,   72
Expression Builder,   137, 296 See also expressions
    creating validation rules with,   157
    dialog box,   xxxiv, 134
    functions in,   134
    opening,   137
expressions,   129, 296
    Access objects in,   169
    arithmetic operators,   129
    building (see Expression Builder)
    comparison operators,   129
    computing percentage in,   136
    creating, with Expression Builder,   137
    criteria,   129
    entering in text boxes,   xxxix, 195
    Expression Builder (see Expression Builder)
    logical operators,   129
    multiplying in,   136
    operators,   129
    renaming,   137
    ScreenTips for,   272
    validation rules (see validation rules)
Extensible Markup Language (XML),   296 See also XML files

F
Field Name column,   46
field names
    captions for,   47
    changing,   47
    Datasheet view display,   47
    spaces in,   45
field properties,   145
    Caption,   47
    default,   44
    displaying information on,   46
    Field Size,   47–48
    Format,   47
    Indexed,   47
    Input Mask,   49
    New Values,   47
    Validation Rule,   50
Field Properties section,   46
Field Size field property,   47–48
fields,   2, 43, 145, 296
    applying smart tags to,   54
    captions,   47
    copying, to design grids,   127, 133
    data type (see data types)
    data, formatting,   47, 49
    dates, specifying range for,   50
    default entries, specifying with input masks (see input masks)
    defining,   147
    deleting,   50
    EmailAddress, deleting,   50
    empty strings, allowing,   145
    filtering, by multiple selection,   123
    form,   86
    formatting data in,   47, 49
    graphics in,   48
    including in queries,   xxxiv
    indexing, disallowing duplicates,   47
    limiting size,   48
    long integers in,   47
    moving,   120
    names (see field names)
    number, properties for,   150
    numbers in,   47–48
    phone numbers, requiring area codes for,   155
    phone numbers, restricting to specific area codes,   158
    properties (see field properties)
    in queries,   132
    in queries, hiding,   139
    random numbers in,   47
    renaming,   43
    required,   145
    restricting data types,   146
    restricting input,   149
    restricting length,   154
    restricting to specific options (see lookup lists)
    sample,   42
    selecting,   42, 159
    selecting, for tables,   42
    size, controlling,   48
    size, restricting input with,   150
    size, setting,   150–51
    sorting multiple,   120
    table,   43
    in Table Wizard,   42–44
    times, specifying range for,   50
    zero length, allowing,   145
fields. See also columns
file name extensions,   61
File New Database dialog box,   33, 146
files
    binary,   226
    hidden, displaying,   252
    naming,   34
Filter By Form button,   xxxiv, 125
Filter By Selection button,   xxxiii, 122
filtering,   121–128
    advanced,   xxxiv, 127
    applying filters,   xxxiv, 125
    criteria,   125
    deleting filters,   xxxiii, 122
    design grids for,   126
    displaying results,   123
    excluding selection when,   122
    by form,   123
    vs. queries,   130
    saving filter as query,   126
    by selection,   xxxiii, 122–123
    sorting (see sorting)
    tables, multiple,   129
    wildcard characters,   121–122
filters
    applying,   xxxiv, 125
    deleting,   xxxiii, 122
    removing,   166
    saving as queries,   126
finding,   117
    records,   124
    text,   166
    VBA objects,   264
finishing wizards,   35
firing events,   101
First Record button,   112
fixed-width text files,   63, 296
    file name extensions,   61
    importing,   64–65
flag,   296
flags, VBA,   273
flat databases,   3, 296
folders, displaying hidden,   252
font weight, for controls,   91
footers, form,   93
footers, report
    adding to groups,   xxxviii, 184
    deleting,   193
    displaying,   186, 194
Form view,   14, 86, 296
    viewing splash screens in,   211
Form Wizard
    Available Fields list, adding fields to,   85
    creating subforms with,   114
    starting,   xxxi, 85
Format field property,   47
    drawbacks of,   50
Format Painter button,   99
formatting
    controls, all,   89
    copying,   99
    dates,   49
    field data,   47, 49
    label backgrounds,   89
    labels,   98, 194, 210
    subreports,   xxxix, 193
forms,   14–18, 83–114, 296
    AutoForms,   104–105
    backgrounds,   xxxii, 91, 93
    benefits of,   14
    Calls,   39
    combo boxes,   98
    command buttons (see command buttons)
    control sources,   86
    controls (see controls)
    created with all fields in table,   104–105
    creating,   xxxii, 105
    creating, manually vs. with wizards,   84
    creating, with subforms,   114
    creating, with wizards,   xxxi, 84–85
    vs. data access pages,   276
    in Design view,   15
    exporting,   73
    fields in,   86
    filtering by,   123
    font, changing,   88
    footers, displaying,   93
    headers, adding captions to,   xxxii, 97
    label controls,   15
    labels (see labels)
    layout, applying,   85
    layout, customizing,   92
    main form,   15
    multiple tables in,   178
    new, displaying,   16
    for new tables, opening,   43
    opening,   17
    opening, in Design view,   87
    opening, in switchboards,   216
    option buttons,   83, 160
    pointer shapes,   92
    properties of,   87–88
    record selectors (see record selectors)
    record sources,   86
    rectangles, adding,   208
    Report Date Range, inability to open,   40
    vs. reports,   176
    saving,   92
    scroll bars, removing,   106
    scrolling through,   86
    sections, resizing,   96
    shortcut menus, restricting access to,   216
    sorting records in,   120
    styles, applying,   105
    subforms (see subforms)
    switchboards (see switchboards)
    text box controls (see text box controls)
    viewing,   99
    views,   14
    views, switching,   17
    views (see also Design view Form view)
Forms Switchboard window,   37
Forms view, opening switchboards in,   206
formulas. See expressions
freezing columns,   54
front-end databases,   238, 297 See also databases
function,   297
function procedures,   265, 297
functions
    aggregate,   140
    currency conversion,   135
    in Expression Builder,   134

G
graphics. See images
group,   297
grouping
    controls,   183
    records,   186
Grouping Intervals dialog box,   178
grouping level,   297
    in reports,   178
Grouping Options button,   178
groups, security,   240 See also users
    assigning users to,   245
    default,   240
    permissions, modifying,   250
    permissions, viewing,   243

H
headers, form,   97
    captions, adding,   xxxii
headers, report
    deleting,   193
    displaying,   186
    for groups,   187
hidden files/folders, displaying,   252
hiding
    buttons, on data access pages,   282
    columns,   xxix, 53, 166
    fields, in queries,   139
    toolbars,   214
    Visual Basic Editor components,   264
HTML
    code, viewing,   262
    exporting databases as,   xliv, 261
    tags,   69, 259
HTML files
    exporting to,   76
    importing,   70
    importing from,   69
HTML pages. See Web pages
HTML tag,   297
Hypertext Markup Language (HTML),   297

I
icon
    Access, changing 214
    primary key 46
IDE. See Visual Basic Editor
Image button (Toolbox),   209
images
    in fields,   48
    inserting in controls,   97
    in splash screens,   209
Import Objects dialog box,   67
Import Spreadsheet Wizard,   59
Import Text Wizard,   61
Import XML dialog box,   72
ImportError tables,   60
importing,   57
    databases,   66–68
    from dBASE,   68
    defined,   297
    from delimited text files,   61
    Excel documents,   58
    into existing tables,   60
    fixed-width text files,   64, 65
    HTML files,   69–70
    from Lotus 1-2-3,   68
    objects,   66
    from Paradox,   68
    query results, as table,   66
    saving settings for,   62
    spreadsheets,   59
    text files,   xxix, 61
    transforms and,   72
    worksheets from Excel,   58
    XML files,   71
increasing row height,   xxviii, 52
Indexed field property,   47
indexing field information,   47
Input Mask field property,   49
    drawbacks of,   50
Input Mask Wizard,   154
    starting,   xxxvi
input masks,   49, 152–157, 297 See also restricting input
    applying universally,   156
    characters in,   153
    characters, literal,   153
    creating,   xxxvi, 154
    drawbacks of,   50
    insertion point, moving,   155
    placeholder character, selecting,   155
    restricting field input with,   152
    testing,   156
    text in,   156
    wizard for creating,   154
inserting
    check boxes, in splash screens,   210
    combo boxes,   98
    copyright symbol,   280
    date and time,   xxxix, 183, 189
    line breaks, in VBA,   267
    lines, in reports,   184
    logos, in splash screens,   209
    Option Explicit declaration,   269
    page numbers, in reports,   xxxix, 190
    pictures, in controls,   xxxii, 97
    reports,   xxxvii, 176
    splash screen labels,   209
    sub procedures,   269
    text boxes, in reports,   xxxviii, 182
    unbound controls,   194
installing
    Briefcase,   234
    modems,   38
intranets,   58, 297
introductory screens. See splash screens

J
joining workgroups,   248

K
keyboard shortcuts
    opening Visual Basic Editor,   xliii, 253
    selecting all,   89
    undoing,   91, 193
keyword,   297
keywords, VBA,   265

L
Label button (Toolbox),   209
label controls,   15, 297 See also controls
labeling
    reports,   xxxviii, xxxix, 188
    switchboard buttons,   204
labels,   83
    aligning,   90, 210
    backgrounds, formatting,   89
    captions, editing,   90
    deleting,   xxxviii, 90, 182
    expanding to fit text,   188
    font, changing,   87–88
    font, configuring,   xxxviii, 188
    formatting,   98, 194, 210
    inserting in splash screens,   209
    resizing,   210
    selecting,   88, 183
    selecting multiple,   90
    sizing, to fit contents,   91
    spacing from text boxes,   91
    text, centering,   98
Landscape orientation, printing,   26
LANs. See local area networks (LANs)
layout
    form,   85
    form, customizing,   92
    previewing,   19, 197
Layout Preview,   19, 197, 297 See also Print Preview
    opening,   198
line breaks
    inserting in VBA code,   267
lines, report
    inserting,   184
    selecting hidden,   185
Link Spreadsheet Wizard,   78
Link Tables dialog box,   76
linking,   58
    databases,   76
    defined,   297
    lookup lists to tables,   161
    tables,   76
    to files on LANs,   76
links, updating,   283
lists
    bulleted,   280
    of data types,   46
    lookup (see lookup lists)
    with specific names for field input (see lookup lists)
local area networks (LANs),   297
    linking to files on,   76
    sharing databases on,   231
locating. See finding
locking
    columns,   54
    records, edited only,   232
    records, pessimistic vs. optimistic,   231
    VBA code,   xliii, 253
logging on to workgroups,   249 See also workgroups
logical operators,   297 See also expressions
Logon dialog box,   246
logos, inserting in splash screens,   209
Long Integer data type,   47
lookup lists
    allowing users to make new entries in,   163
    creating, with Lookup Wizard,   161
    linking to tables,   161
    restricting input with,   160
Lookup Wizard,   161, 298
losing data access pages/ databases,   282
Lotus 1-2-3, importing from,   68
lowercase text, requiring in fields,   157

M
macros,   22, 298
    exporting,   73
    vs. modules,   22
    for switchboards,   204
    uses for,   22
magnifying. See zooming
mailing labels, reports for,   20
main form,   15, 298
main reports,   186, 298 See also reports
make-table queries,   130, 298 See also queries
manually saving, impossibility of,   37
many-to-many relationships,   107, 298 See also relationships
mapped network drive,   298
margins, setting,   184, 298 See also input masks
Maximize button,   8
maximizing database windows,   8
MDE (Microsoft Database Executable) files,   298
    conversion into, irrevocability of,   256
    creating,   256
    distributing databases as,   254
    saving databases as,   255, 257
MDE files, creating,   xliii
menu bars, toggling between,   217
menus
    custom,   214
    shortcut,   216
merging
    databases,   66
    tables, with Word document,   79
Microsoft Access
    cross-compatibility of,   3
    icon, changing,   214
    objects, in expressions,   169
    Special Keys,   217
    specifications,   6
    starting,   4, 212
Microsoft Active Server Pages (ASP) See Active Server Pages
Microsoft Database Executable (MDE) See MDE files
Microsoft Excel
    exporting tables to,   74
    importing documents from,   58
    importing named ranges from,   58
    pasting Access data into,   78
    pasting into,   79
Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications. See VBA
Microsoft Word,   78–79
Microsoft Works Database component,   3
minimizing database windows,   8
missing records,   13
modems,   38
modifying
    controls, multiple,   185
    permissions,   250
    reports,   180–185
    switchboards,   207
    workgroups,   252
modules,   22, 263, 298 See also procedures
    class,   263
    creating,   268
    Declarations section,   265
    displaying all procedures in,   264
    exporting,   73
    vs. macros,   22
    Option Explicit declaration (see Option Explicit declaration)
    procedures in, displaying,   265
    requirements, setting,   265
    saving,   268
    standard,   263
    uses for,   22
More Controls button,   96
moving
    controls, incrementally,   94
    data access pages, errors when,   283
    dialog boxes,   88
    fields,   120
    text boxes,   94
    toolbox,   18
multiplying in expressions,   136 See also expressions

N
named range,   298
    importing from Excel,   58
naming
    databases,   33
    queries,   137
    switchboards,   203
native format,   298
navigating wizards,   34
navigation areas,   9
navigation button,   298
network security,   231, 298
network server,   298
New button,   146
New Data Access Page dialog box,   xliv, 277
New File task pane,   4
    displaying,   xxviii, 32
New Form dialog box,   xxxii, 105
New Record button (Navigation bar),   16, 104
New Report dialog box,   xxxvii, 176
New Table dialog box,   xxviii, 41
New Values field property,   47
Next Page button (Navigation bar) ,   xl, 198
Next Record button,   10, 113
Northwind Traders database,   22
not equal sign,   13
number fields,   150 See also fields
numbering automatically,   46
numbers,   48
    formatting,   48
    increasing sequentially,   47
    random,   47
    sorting,   119


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