Manual Critique

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Microsoft Access 2007 : A Manual Critique

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MICROSOFT ACCESS 2007 : A MANUAL CRITIQUE

People who are used to Microsoft Access 2003 may instantly notice that Microsoft Access 2007 does not have a help ' tab in the menu bar Instead of the conventional help ' tab , Microsoft Access 2007 features a question mark button on the far right side of the program window . This button is the substitute for the classic help ' tab . The shift in the location and image of the help ' tab

may confuse users who first encounter the 2007 version of Microsoft Access . The confusion can be greater for people who are new to Microsoft Access . Be that as it may the new help button offers new features

Users may immediately notice that the help button opens a new window separate from the Microsoft Access program window . This may be more convenient in terms of separating searches in the help window with the work currently being done in the Access window . In other words , users can separately search for help s while continuing with their work in Access . Also , users can easily switch between these two windows thereby allowing more flexibility . The help window can also be resized or repositioned . This allows users the capability to put the help window and the Microsoft Access window side-by-side which , in essence , offers significant help in terms of simultaneously reading help s and working on the document in the program window

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