Office 2010 Visual™ Quick Tips

Chapter 10. Customizing Your Database and Forms

To be sure, Access databases can hold volumes of data — so much so that it can sometimes be difficult to comprehend. Fortunately, you can mitigate this difficulty by using Access's formatting tools. For example, you can apply themes to your forms and reports to create a more polished and professional look, as well as add pictures to them to give them some visual interest. To expedite data entry, you can change the tab order of your forms — that is, the order in which the insertion point is moved from one field to another when Tab is pressed.

To draw attention to data that meets criteria you set, you can apply conditional formatting. For example, you might set a rule to highlight fields that contain ...