microsoft access courses london - Switchboard

Hi Jane

One of the options that exists in Microsoft Access is that you can completely close the Display Database window, so by doing this when you open your Microsft Access database file that contains all of you tables, forms and queries only the switchboard in present.

To achieve this open Microsoft Access and open up your database. Then go to tools in the toolbar of Access and click on startup. THen on the right hand side of the startup screen you are able to select which form you want to open when you open you Access Database. Once you have selected this, there is a check box just below that says "Display Database Window", you need to uncheck this option. Then click ok.

Then when you close you Access database and re open it, the database should open with just the switchboard being shown

Hope this answers you question

David