Inc. CustomGuide - Access 2003 Personal Trainer (Personal Trainer (OReilly))

Click the Tables icon on the Objects bar to display the tables in the current database .

Access displays all the tables in the current database.

Double-click the Employees table icon .

Remember that to open any database object, you can select the object and click the Open button in the Database window or just double-click the database object.

The Employees table appears in its own window. The Database window is still open too, although you may not be able to see it because it's behind the Employees table window.

One of the big changes in Access 2003 is that each open window appears as an icon on the Windows taskbar, as shown in . To switch to a different document, click its icon on the taskbar.

Click the Lesson 1: Database icon on the Windows taskbar .

The Database window appears. The Employees table window is still open, but you can't see all of it because it is located behind the Database window.

Sometimes it can be helpful to view two or more windows on your screen at the same time. When you want to do this, you use the Window menu to select a tile option. Move on to the next step to try this for yourself.

Select Window Tile Horizontally from the menu .

Both windowsthe Database window and the Employees table window appear on top of each other, as shown in . Sometimes it's useful to look at more than one window at a time. Notice how the title bar for the Employees table window is a different color than the Database window? That's because the Database window is active , meaning it's the window or document you're currently working on. The other window, Employees table, is inactive.

Click anywhere in the Employees table window .

The Employees table window becomes active and the Database window becomes inactive.

To make working with several windows at once easier, you can change the size of the windows. You can maximize or enlarge a window so that it takes up the document window.

Click the Maximize button in the Employees table window title bar .

The Employees table window maximizes and fills the entire screen. You can change a maximized window back to its original size by clicking the Restore button, which replaces the Maximize button whenever a window is maximized.

Click the Restore button in the Employees table window title bar to restore the Employees table window to its previous size .

Make sure you click the lower Restore buttonthe Restore button for the Employees table windowand not the Restore button for the Access program. The window returns to its previous size.

You can also manually fine-tune a window's size to meet your own specific needs. A window must not be in a maximized state if you want to manually size it.

Position the mouse pointer over the top edge of the Employees table window until it changes to a .

The arrows point in two directions, indicating that you can drag the window's border up or down.