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October 2006 - Posts

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I have decided to pursue other interests and will no longer be able to maintain this blog. It was a very interesting experience, to say the least. :) Thank you for your time and all the comments! Take care, 3oF P.S.: I'll try to keep the posts around Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 24, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments
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Access 2007's Improved Command Buttons

Up until this point, Access has supported command buttons with text or a picture, but never both at the same time. This has been a long standing request from users: the capability of showing both the caption and the picture. In Access 2007, you will notice Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 19, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

The New Import/Export Specifications UI

As I previously mentioned, we are now exposing Import/Export Specifications (Imex Specs) in the OM in a thorough manner. We also took the time to make importing and exporting less repetitive in the UI. In the past, to make use of Imex Specs, you had to Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 17, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)

Customizing the Office Button Menu (aka File Menu) and No-Ribbon Custom Solutions

Even though most of the information on how to customize the Ribbon in Access 2007 is already out , there are two recurring question that I've been seeing being asked often: How can I customize the Office Button Menu (aka File Menu)? We allow you to show/hide Read More...
Posted Friday, October 13, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 2 Comments

The New Import/Export Specification OM

In previous versions of Access (such as Access 2003), you can save the steps from an import or export operation into what we call Import/Export Specifications (Imex Specs). After saving it, you can always load it back so you don't have to customize the Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 12, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 6 Comments

Changing Default Control and Form/Report Settings

This is one of those features that almost nobody knows about because it isn't very discoverable. In Access 2007 (and earlier), you can change the default property values for any new controls in a form or report. Here are the necessary steps: Open/Create Read More...
Posted Tuesday, October 10, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | 4 Comments

The New Access 2007 Switchboards

Now that Access 2007 Beta 2 Technical Refresh (B2TR) is out, you will notice that we changed the Switchboard Manager functionality. Now that we have Disabled Mode and Embedded Macros , it was about time we revisited the switchboards that the Switchboard Read More...
Posted Thursday, October 05, 2006 9:00 AM by ThirdOfFive | (Comments Off)
 
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