Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Customizing the ribbon
In “Controlling which features are available” in Chapter 11, “Make databases user-friendly,”
we described options you can set for a specific database that determine what Access fea-
tures are available for that database. However, you can also control what people can do
with any database by customizing the Access program installed on a local computer.
Many people use Access to perform the same set of tasks all the time, and for them, the
plethora of buttons on the ribbon is just a form of clutter. Would you prefer to have fewer
commands displayed, not more? Or would you prefer to have more specialized groups of
commands? Or do you want to make only specific commands available to users to prevent
inadvertent changes to your databases?
Well, you can. Clicking Customize Ribbon in the left pane of the Access Options dialog box
displays the Customize Ribbon page.
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In the box on the left, you can list all the commands available in Access. In the one on the right,
you can display the commands currently available on the ribbon.
