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07 FORMS IN
MS ACCESS
Your Aim
to learn about:
l Forms l Creating a Form using Wizard
l Creating a Form Using Design l Types of Forms
l Viewing the Records l Formatting a Form
A form is a piece of paper that has some spaces for you to fill in information. It is a fairly
important piece of paper that finds its use in many places. Similarly, MS Access 2010 also allows
you to create forms that help to add, update and retrieve data to and from a table.
You have already learnt about queries in the previous chapter. In this chapter, you are going to
learn how to use a form in MS Access.
FORMS
As we know, a form is a database object used to add, edit and display data from
a table in a user-friendly manner. While creating a form, you can choose the
fields to be displayed and how they have to be displayed. By creating forms,
you can make your database more user-friendly for those who edit and enter
the records. The three main views in which a form can be displayed are:
Form View is used to enter, edit and view data.
Design View is used to adjust the design of your form. It gives you a more
detailed view of the structure of a form such as Header, Detail and Footer
sections.
Layout View is used to change the appearance and size of various controls Views options of
a form
of a form. When you create a form, by default it appears in the Layout
view.
Tech
Funda
Shortcut key for switching to Form View from Design View is F5 key.
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