Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Different types of forms
Most forms facilitate data entry—adding or editing records in one or more tables. How-
ever, some forms are more specialized than others, and some serve purposes other than
data entry. The following is an overview of the types of forms you can create by clicking
buttons in the Forms group on the Create tab:
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Form Design
Displays a blank design grid in Design view, in which you can
design a form from scratch.
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Blank form
Displays a blank canvas in Layout view and opens the Field List pane,
from which you can drag fields from the database tables onto the form.
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Navigation
Displays a gallery of predefined navigation form layouts.
SEE ALSO
For information about navigation forms, see “Designing navigation forms”
in Chapter 11, “Make databases user friendly.”
Clicking the More Forms button displays a gallery of additional types of forms:
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Multiple items
Displays more than one record at a time on a single form page.
Sometimes called a
continuous form
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Datasheet
Looks and behaves like a datasheet (table).
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Split
Provides two synchronized views of the same data, one in a form and the
other in a datasheet. This greatly simplifies the process of finding and editing
records.
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Modal dialog
Looks and behaves like a dialog box. It has default OK and Cancel
buttons. When the form is active, nothing else can be done until it is closed.
