Microsoft Access:   Limit the Buttons on Your Taskbar

When working in Microsoft Access, you may notice that every object you open creates another button on your taskbar. If you work in a lot of objects (table, query, form, report, macro, module or data access page) at one time, your taskbar can get pretty full. To have Access show only one button for the database and not multiple buttons for every object, change your options.

1. From the Tools menu, select Options...
2. On the View tab, deselect Windows in Taskbar in the Show section.
3. Click OK.

As a bonus, if you like the option to single-click an object, like hyperlinks on web pages, instead of double-click, select Single-click Open in the Click options in database window section.

If you have any questions regarding this tip or need help implementing it in your own projects, contact Ranelle Maltas, Application Support Associate, at 472-0585 or e-mail at rmaltas2@unl.edu.