Access User Interface How Do I...

This page links to help on widely used user-interface tasks. For more information about other popular Help tasks, see How Do I… in Access.

Ribbon

• How to: Apply a Custom Ribbon When Starting Access

  • Describes how to display a custom ribbon when Access starts.

• How to: Apply a Custom Ribbon to a Form or Report

  • Describes how to display a custom ribbon when a particular form or report is opened.

• How to: Hide the Ribbon When Access Starts

  • Describes how to hide the ribbon when opening a database.

Miscellaneous

• How to: Detect User Idle Time or Inactivity

  • Illustrates how to use a hidden form to detect when a user has been inactive for a given period of time.

• How to: Detect Whether an Object Is Open

  • Describes how to determine whether an object is already open.

• How to: Display and Use the File Dialog Box

  • Describes how to use the FileDialog object to display the file dialog box used by Microsoft Access and to determine what files were selected by the user.

• How to: Use Existing Custom Menus and Toolbars

  • Describes how to use menu and toolbar customizations of databases created in earlier versions of Access.

• How to: Use the Status Bar Progress Meter

  • Describes how to use the SysCmd method to create a progress meter on the status bar.

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