Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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Windows 8 functionality
Access 2013, like all Office 2013 programs, is a full-featured
Windows 8 application. When it is running on the Windows 8 operating system, it not
only has the sleek new Windows 8 look but it also incorporates the latest touch tech-
nologies designed for tablet and mobile devices.
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Starting screen
Access opens to a screen that provides easy access to new database
templates, the databases you recently worked on, and locations where existing data-
bases might be stored.
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Cloud access
When you connect your Office or Access installation to a Microsoft
account (formerly known as a Windows Live account) or a Microsoft Office 365
account, you have the option of saving desktop databases “in the cloud” to a
SharePoint document library or a Microsoft SkyDrive site, so that it is available
when you are not at your desk.
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If you are upgrading from Access 2007
In addition to the features listed in the previous section, if you're upgrading from Access 2007,
you'll want to take note of the following features that were introduced in Access 2010:
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The Backstage view
All the tools you need to work with your database files, as op-
posed to their content, are accessible from one location. You display the Backstage
view by clicking the File tab, which replaces the Microsoft Office Button at the left
end of the ribbon.
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Customizable ribbon
Create your own tabs and groups to suit the way you work.
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Unifying themes
Add pizzazz to database objects such as forms and reports by
applying a professional-looking theme from a gallery of options.
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Web databases
With Access 2010, companies with employees and clients in differ-
ent geographic locations can make their databases accessible over the Internet in a
web browser. (This technology is still available in Access 2013, but it has been super-
seded by Access web apps. An Access 2010 web database cannot be converted to an
Access web app.)
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Navigation forms
Offering the sophisticated browsing techniques people are accus-
tomed to using on websites, these forms provide an essential navigation tool that can
increase the usability and data security of any database.