Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Navigation pane is in your way, you can click the Shutter Bar Open/Close button in its
upper-right corner to minimize it. To redisplay the Navigation pane, click the Shutter
Bar Open/Close button again. You can drag the right border of the pane to the left or
right to make it wider or narrower.
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT
Press F11 to display or hide the Navigation pane.
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Status bar
Across the bottom of the program window, this bar displays information
about the current database and provides access to certain program functions. At the
right end of the bar is the View Shortcuts toolbar, which provides convenient buttons
for switching the view of the active database object.
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This status bar tells you the current view and the status of the keyboard.
The goal of all these user interface features is to make working in a database as intuitive as
possible. Commands for tasks you perform often are readily available, and even those you
might use infrequently are easy to find.
Working with the ribbon
As with all Office 2013 programs, the Access ribbon is dynamic, meaning that as its width
changes, its buttons adapt to the available space. As a result, a button might be large or
small, it might or might not have a label, or it might even be an entry in a list.
The width of the ribbon depends on the following three factors:
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Program window width
Maximizing the program window provides the most space
for the ribbon.
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Screen resolution
Screen resolution is the size of your screen display expressed as
pixels wide × pixels high. The greater the screen resolution, the greater the amount
of information that will fit on one screen. Your screen resolution options are depen-
dent on your graphics adapter and monitor. Common screen resolutions range from
800 × 600 to 2560 × 1600. The greater the number of pixels wide (the first number),
the greater the number of buttons that can be shown on the ribbon.
