Create simple forms - Microsoft Access 2013 - page 92

PRACTICE FILES To complete the exercises in this chapter, you need the practice files
contained in the Chapter03 practice file folder. For more information, see “Download
the practice iles” in this topic's Introduction.
Creating forms by using the Form tool
Before you begin creating a form for a desktop database, you need to know the following:
▪ Which table the form should be based on
▪ How the form will be used
After making these decisions, you can create a form in the following ways:
▪ Click the table you want in the Navigation pane, and then click the Form button in
the Forms group on the Create tab. This method creates a simple form that uses all
the fields in the table.
▪ Use a wizard. This method enables you to choose which of the table's fields you want
to use in the form.
SEE ALSO For information about using wizards to create forms, see “Modifying forms
created by using a wizard” in Chapter 8, “Create custom forms.”
▪ Switch to Layout view, where you can create the form manually while viewing the
underlying data, or switch to Design view, where you have more control over form
elements.
SEE ALSO For information about manipulating forms in Layout view, see the other
two topics in this chapter. For information about manually creating forms in Design
view, see “Adding controls” in Chapter 8, “Create custom forms.”
TIP When you create an Access web app, you can view the data in tables in List view,
which includes a mechanism for adding, deleting, and editing records in a pane that
is much like a form.
You will usually want to start the process of creating forms that are based on tables by
using the Form tool or a wizard—not because the manual process is especially difficult,
but because it is simply more efficient to have the tool or a wizard create the basic form
for you and then refine that form manually.