Creating a custom menu

[forest8]

Hello

I have created a database that has four areas for students:

Personal Information, Notes, Personal Plan, Personal Assessment.

I want to create a custom menu so that when anyone enters new data for one
of the section, they select it from the main menu.

After they choose which section they wish to add information, they can they
choose from a set of forms to enter data.

Is there an easy place for me to learn how to set up these custom menus in
Access 2007?

Thanks

 

[DianePDavies]

You right-click an existing toolbar (e.g. the line at the top with "File"
"Edit" etc.) and select "Customize".

To create your own Toolbar select the "Toolbars" tab and press "New". Select
Properties for the new toolbar: Set the type to "Menu Bar" adn check "Show on
Toolbars Menu". Close properties.

Now you should have an empty toolbar somewhere on your screen.

To add commands to the toolbar - select the "Commands" tab.

In the "Categories" box you scroll to the end and select "All Forms" - then
you can select the four main forms in the box on the right.

Drag the forms onto your empty toolbar.

Once your toolbar is made you can drag it to the top of the screen and ahve
it dock like a "real toolbar".

To complete the exercise - in the Tools menu select "Startup" and select
your new toolbar in the "Menu bar" drop down box.

Exit your application and start again - now the new toolbar should be
displayed.
You may want to rightclich the toolbar and uncheck some of the standard tool
bars.
To get back the "File" "Edit" "View" etc. bar - start the application AND
hold down the shift key.

 

[Mark Andrews]

I wrote two little articles on how to build ribbons to help people out.
In Access2007 it's pretty easy to setup a ribbon with 4 buttons (with
various graphics) and have each button open a differetn form. Does require
some XML and some code, but once you get the basics it's pretty easy to do
the next ribbon.

http://www.rptsoftware.com/help/microsoft_access_general/

HTH,
Mark
RPT Software
http://www.rptsoftware.com