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What is a Microsoft Access switchboard?

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  A Microsoft Access switchboard is a form that essentially allows you to navigate and perform tasks in a database application. The switchboard is a customized menu that links to other forms to perform data entry, queries or print reports. Buttons, labels, images or hyperlinks help to invoke these actions.Creating a Basic Form for a SwitchboardWhen creating a switchboard form, labels placed on the form represent titles and group headings on the form. Placing rectangles lines and pictures on the form will make it atheistically appealing.Using the Database WizardThe Database Wizard provides a quick and effortless way to get an application prototype up and running. This wizard enables you to choose business and personal table definitions.The Main SwitchboardThe main switchboard is a gateway to the system's functions. The switchboard can be customized to enter, view and print data.Working with Command ButtonsCommand buttons are the type of form control that you use to run macros or Visual Basic (VBA) routines. Command buttons having a single purpose, to run a macro or a VBA procedure, are the simplest type of form control. The primary purpose of a command button is to activate or run a macro.Alternatives to the SwitchboardAlthough the switchboard is still a popular mechanism to simplify the navigation in a complicated database, a custom-built switchboard form is a more modern approach. Employing this method makes it is possible to add a picture as the background for the whole form, and then add navigational controls to perform data entry, view data and print reports.Source: