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Chapter 1: Getting to Know Access 2010
The mind-numbing effect (and inherent increased margin for error) is espe-
cially likely when you have lots of fields in a database, and the user, if work-
ing in Table view, has to move horizontally through the fields. A form like the
one in Figure 1-2 puts the fields in a more digestible, vertical format, making
it easier to enter data into the fields and to see all the fields at once (or only
those you want data entered into). You can put those fields on the form in
the order that’ll be easiest for the data-entry person — and that order would
not necessarily have to be the order they appear in the table.
Figure 1-2:
Here’s a
simple form
for entering
new records
or review-
ing existing
ones.
You can find out all about forms in Chapter 7. If your database is large
enough that you require help doing the data entry — or if it’s going to
grow over time, making an ongoing data-entry process likely — Access is
the tool for you. The fact that it offers simple forms of data entry/editing
is reason enough to make it your database application of choice.
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