Where did my switchboards go?
In Microsoft Office Access 2007, when you open a database created in an earlier version of Access — and that database contains a switchboard (a form with buttons or links that enabled you to navigate around the database) — some commands on that switchboard may not work. Specifically, commands to display the Database window no longer function.
Office Access 2007 provides a new feature called the Navigation Pane. The pane replaces the Database window, and you can use the pane instead of switchboards. The Navigation Pane works with the new user interface model adopted by Office Access 2007. That model (called the single-document interface model) places any open objects — forms, reports, and so on — in a single window and marks each object with a tab. When you open more than one object, you use the tabs to switch between the open objects. The following figure shows a typical set of tabs:
Unlike switchboards, the Navigation Pane remains visible unless you hide it. You can hide or show the pane by using the Shutter Bar Open/Close button , or by pressing F11. If you want to prevent the Navigation Pane from appearing by default when you open a database, you set a program option.
ເພິ່ນໃຊ້ Navigation Pane ແທນ