Key Points To open a Switchboard
Creating a Splash Screen To create a splash screen
On the Objects bar, click Forms, and then double-click Create form in Design view.
Click the Save button, type a name in the Form Name box, and click OK.
If the Properties dialog box is not already displayed, press
.Set the form properties you want in the Properties dialog box.
If the Toolbox is not displayed, click the Toolbox button, and then insert any objects you want to include on your splash screen, and format them as necessary.
Save the design.
Keeping Your Application Healthy To create a backup of your database
On the File menu, click Back Up Database.
In the Save Backup As dialog box, navigate to the folder in which you want to store the backup, accept the file name Access provides, and click Save.
Keeping Your Application Healthy To run the Compact and Repair database feature
Keeping Your Application Healthy To analyze performance
Open the database you want to analyze, and then on the Tools menu, point to Analyze, and click Performance.
To check the entire database, click the All Object Types tab.
Click Select All, and then click OK to start the analyzer.
Scroll through the list, click each entry in turn, and read through all the analysis notes, and click the Optimize button.
Close the Performance Analyzer dialog box.
Keeping Your Application Healthy To run the Documenter