Access 2016 Advanced

Lesson 3 – Customizing the Navigation Pane

Access 2016

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Discussion

In previous versions of Access, you could use a switchboard to provide users with easy access to selected objects in your database. With the introduction of Access 2010, it is easier to create a custom category using the Navigation Pane .

You can create up to a maximum of ten custom categories, each of which can contain multiple custom groups.

The Navigation Pane Options dialog box

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Procedures

1. Open the desired database. 2. Show the Navigation Pane , if necessary.

3. Select the arrow in the Navigation Pane header. 4. Select All Access Objects . 5. Right-click the All Access Objects category. 6. Select Navigation Options . . 8. Type a name for the new category, then press [Enter] . 7. Select Add Item

9. Select OK

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