The Access Ribbon occupies the top portion of the main access screen. The Ribbon replaces the menus and toolbars seen in previous versions of Access. The Ribbon’s appearance changes depending on what task you’re working on in the Access environment. Figure 34-9 shows the Datasheet Ribbon seen when you’re working with Access tables. A very different Ribbon appears when working with forms or reports.

FIGURE 34-9
The Access 2007 Ribbon.

The Ribbon is divided into a number of groups, each containing any number of controls. In Figure 34-9, the Data Type and Formatting group is selected. The Data Type and Formatting group includes options for selecting how a datasheet appears on the screen, while the Fields and Columns group contains commands for modifying and specifying the fields within the table.
The other groups on the Datasheet tab (Views, Fields and Columns, and Relationships) contain controls that perform other tasks commonly associated with Access datasheets.

For instance, the View control in the Views group changes the datasheet view of the table to design view, making it easy to update the table’s design.
Instead of explaining each of the groups and controls within groups on the Ribbon, we will study each relevant Ribbon command in the proper context in this chapter and chapters that follow.

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