Access 2007 is killin' me

[Jack G]

My computer was just upgraded, and I now have MS Office 2007 instead of
2003. I was already fuming as I tried to fumble my way through the new
interfaces for Word and Excel, but then I tried to open Access to make some
modifications to the front end of a database, and I'm even more lost. My
old gateway to get into the database for editing was just to hit the F11
key, but now that key apparently just gives me a list of Tables in the
database. Among other things, I was hoping to get in and get rid of that
silly ribbon in 2007 (since the vast majority of users of this database
should only be viewing and printing the data anyway) without messing up the
toolbar for the users that are still on 2003.

HELP! I'm sure these are just two of many questions I'll have as I try to
relearn everything. Is there a concise guide somewhere (preferably not
written by Microsoft) that would help me make the transition??

Thanks for anything you could suggest.

Jack

 

[Jeff Boyce]

Jack

Any pre-existing menu bar/commands in your custom apps will be imported into
a new Ribbon tab named Add-Ins.

There are several "how-to" books and websites available for learning more
about customizing the ribbon... and Microsoft does have several pages of
information about how to do this.

Regards

Jeff Boyce
Microsoft Office/Access MVP