A multipage form allows you to fit a great deal of information on one form while also reducing confusion for the user. For example, you could create a form on which employees could both report their time for the week and report any expenses for which they need reimbursement. By using two pages, one form can serve both needs.

Any form can be a multipage form; all possible pages are already on the form you create or modify. However, these pages are not automatically visible. If you look closely at the names on the page tabs shown previously in Figure 28-7, you’ll see that except for the first name in the list, the name of each page is enclosed in parentheses, indicating that the page is not visible. To change the Visible property of a page, click its tab, click Design, Page, and then select Display This Page.

The first (default) page of a form, which is initially visible, has Compose and Read capabilities already available, as mentioned earlier. The additional pages on a form, which are initially invisible, don’t have these capabilities until you add them. To do so, select one of these pages, and then choose Separate Read Layout in the Design group, which activates the Edit Compose Page and Edit Read Page buttons.