MS Access 2007 Step By Step - Asim Abbasi
CH1: Overview | CH2: MS Access Local & Linked Tables | CH3: MS Access Queries | CH4: MS Access Reports & Forms | CH5: MS Access Modules & Macros | CH6: MS Access Data Import/Export Feature | CH7: MS Access Built-In Functions
Chapter 1: Overview
7 Areas of Action
Once you run the MS Access 2007 software residing under <Start> and
<Programs> menu after installation, you will notice that the software
has seven objects or seven areas of operation.
Figure 1-1: Accessing MS Access under Windows <Start>
menu.
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In other words you can say that MS Access has the
ability to do seven major types of jobs. Out of seven we would be
discussing following six objects one by one. These six important areas
of action are as follows.
Tables
Queries
Reports
Macros
Modules
Forms
Figure 1-2: All Access Objects are available in the
left pane.
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Once you expand the ‘Tables’ object under the “All Access Objects” group as shown, the MS Access GUI will show you the list of tables in your database (as shown in Figure 1-3 and Figure 1-4), both local and linked tables provided if you have any. The word GUI stands for Graphical User Interface. GUI is the software interface using which users can interact. It includes everything you see once the software is in front of you after running it though the <Start>, <Programs> menu. All the buttons, menu bar (Home, Create, External Data, etc.), the ribbon (the area with the icon/pictures under the menu bar) etc. you see on the software application and as shown in the Figure 1-2, are parts of MS Access GUI.
Chapter 1: Overview
CH1: Overview | CH2: MS Access Local & Linked Tables | CH3: MS Access Queries | CH4: MS Access Reports & Forms | CH5: MS Access Modules & Macros | CH6: MS Access Data Import/Export Feature | CH7: MS Access Built-In Functions
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