Adding an Access Object to the Desktop

By Laura Noble

If you have a particular form or report that you consistently open in Access you can add this object to your desktop as a shortcut. When the shortcut is opened, it opens the Access database to the object linked to the shortcut.

  1. Open Database.
     

  2. Locate object.
     

  3. Right-mouse click on object that requires the shortcut.


     

  4. Create Shortcut box will open, click OK to close.
     

  5. Close Access.
     

  6. Go to Desktop and double-click on new shortcut icon linked to database object.
     

  7. Access will open to the linked object.

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Published in Networking Today, June 2003.

 

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