To switch to Design view, right-click the form name in the Navigation Pane and then click Design View. Access shows the form in Design view. You can use the property sheet to modify the …

To add criteria to an Access query, open the query in Design view and identify the fields (columns) you want to specify criteria for. If the field is not in the design grid, double-click the …

Switch between Design View and Datasheet View for any saved table. Designate any field as the table’s primary key. Use Builder to create an expression or input mask.

Access provides two views that you can use to make changes to your report: Layout view and Design view. Your choice of which view to use depends on what specific task you are trying to …

Open your query in Design view. To do so, in the Navigation pane, under Queries , right-click the query and click Design View . In the Criteria cell under the field you want to use, add an …

Opening a table in Design view gives you a detailed look at the table's structure. For example, you can find the data type setting for each field, find any input masks, or see if the table uses any …

You can set design options for table, form, report, and query designs from this centralized Access Options location, although most of the settings are ignored in the table Datasheet and Layout …

Access creates a form and displays it in Layout view. You can make design changes like adjusting the size of the text boxes to fit the data, if necessary. For more information, see the article on …

To see information when either two or more alternate criteria are satisfied, use the or criteria rows in the Access query design grid. If you’d like a refresher, see applying criteria to a query. For …

Layout view and Design view are the two views in which you can make design changes to forms and reports in Microsoft Access. Though you can use either view to perform many of the same …