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Exercise 1-2: Creating Additional Icons to Launch Access
The icons for launching Access are available only if you’ve added the Access program to
the desktop, the Start menu, and the Quick Launch toolbar, respectively. In this exercise,
add the Access program icon to your computer.
 Add a Microsoft Office Access shortcut to the Windows desktop by right-clicking
the Microsoft Office Access item as it appears on the Start
➪All Programs➪
Microsoft Office submenu and then clicking Send To➪Desktop from the pop-up
menu.
 Add Access to the Start menu by right-clicking the Microsoft Office Access desktop
shortcut and then clicking Pin to Start Menu on its shortcut menu.
 Add Access to the Quick Launch toolbar on the Windows taskbar by holding down
Ctrl as you drag and drop the Microsoft Office Access desktop shortcut on to the
toolbar.
Creating and Opening Databases
When you launch Access by clicking the Start button or a desktop shortcut (but not
when you double-click an Access database file), the Getting Started with Microsoft Office
Access page appears. (See Figure 1-2.) This page is the starting point for working with
Access.
Microsoft Office Button
Figure 1-2:
The Getting
Started with
Microsoft
Office
Access
page is
where you
begin your
Access
journey.
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