{"id":3156,"date":"2019-12-23T16:46:09","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T16:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/?post_type=chapter&#038;p=3156"},"modified":"2025-10-30T16:10:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-30T16:10:11","slug":"understanding-forms","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/chapter\/understanding-forms\/","title":{"raw":"Understanding Forms","rendered":"Understanding Forms"},"content":{"raw":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\r\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\r\n<ul>\r\n \t<li>Define forms in Microsoft Access<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n<\/div>\r\nAccess gives us a window into our database data through an object called a form. Forms can be used to create user interfaces to either enter data or to manipulate data. A \" bound\" form is a form that is tied directly to a table or query and can serve as a user interface into that data source. An \"unbound\" form does not directly connect to a data source, but gives the user controls that can be used to run the database application.\r\n\r\nForms are important tools for usability of a database application. Users do not have to be familiar with the internal structure of the database but instead can take advantage of a form to ensure usability\u2014even that they are entering information correctly.\r\n\r\n<img class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3008\/2019\/12\/15224647\/4-Understandng-Forms.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Access form open. &quot;Design&quot; is selected in the toolbar and the form includes the following fields: ID, Company, Last Name, First Name, e-mail address, Job Title, business phone.\" width=\"1367\" height=\"812\" \/>\r\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\r\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\r\nhttps:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/81b345e5-5e83-41d8-8768-489a30238c63\r\n\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\r\n<h3>Learn More<\/h3>\r\nFor detailed, step-by-step instructions Microsoft Access Help is an excellent resource and can be found by following this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/introduction-to-forms-e8d47343-c937-44e8-a80f-b6a83a1fa3ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Access Help: Understanding Forms<\/a>\r\n\r\n<\/div>","rendered":"<div class=\"textbox learning-objectives\">\n<h3>Learning Outcomes<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Define forms in Microsoft Access<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p>Access gives us a window into our database data through an object called a form. Forms can be used to create user interfaces to either enter data or to manipulate data. A &#8221; bound&#8221; form is a form that is tied directly to a table or query and can serve as a user interface into that data source. An &#8220;unbound&#8221; form does not directly connect to a data source, but gives the user controls that can be used to run the database application.<\/p>\n<p>Forms are important tools for usability of a database application. Users do not have to be familiar with the internal structure of the database but instead can take advantage of a form to ensure usability\u2014even that they are entering information correctly.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-3634 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.com\/courses-images\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3008\/2019\/12\/15224647\/4-Understandng-Forms.jpg\" alt=\"Microsoft Access form open. &quot;Design&quot; is selected in the toolbar and the form includes the following fields: ID, Company, Last Name, First Name, e-mail address, Job Title, business phone.\" width=\"1367\" height=\"812\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"textbox tryit\">\n<h3>Practice Question<\/h3>\n<p>\t<iframe id=\"assessment_practice_81b345e5-5e83-41d8-8768-489a30238c63\" class=\"resizable\" src=\"https:\/\/assess.lumenlearning.com\/practice\/81b345e5-5e83-41d8-8768-489a30238c63?iframe_resize_id=assessment_practice_id_81b345e5-5e83-41d8-8768-489a30238c63\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"border:none;width:100%;height:100%;min-height:300px;\"><br \/>\n\t<\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"textbox key-takeaways\">\n<h3>Learn More<\/h3>\n<p>For detailed, step-by-step instructions Microsoft Access Help is an excellent resource and can be found by following this link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/support.office.com\/en-us\/article\/introduction-to-forms-e8d47343-c937-44e8-a80f-b6a83a1fa3ae\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">MS Access Help: Understanding Forms<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t <section class=\"citations-section\" role=\"contentinfo\">\n\t\t\t <h3>Candela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t <div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <div id=\"citation-list-3156\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t <div class=\"licensing\"><div class=\"license-attribution-dropdown-subheading\">CC licensed content, Original<\/div><ul class=\"citation-list\"><li>Understanding Forms. <strong>Authored by<\/strong>: Robert Danielson. <strong>Provided by<\/strong>: Lumen Learning. <strong>License<\/strong>: <em><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"license\" href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">CC BY: Attribution<\/a><\/em><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t <\/div>\n\t\t\t <\/section>","protected":false},"author":17,"menu_order":10,"template":"","meta":{"_candela_citation":"[{\"type\":\"original\",\"description\":\"Understanding Forms\",\"author\":\"Robert Danielson\",\"organization\":\"Lumen Learning\",\"url\":\"\",\"project\":\"\",\"license\":\"cc-by\",\"license_terms\":\"\"}]","CANDELA_OUTCOMES_GUID":"9303f6f2-6afa-405b-ae21-97c70d158afb, c6ab8b16-d753-41b8-9a43-68293ad065d5","pb_show_title":"on","pb_short_title":"","pb_subtitle":"","pb_authors":[],"pb_section_license":""},"chapter-type":[],"contributor":[],"license":[],"class_list":["post-3156","chapter","type-chapter","status-publish","hentry"],"part":2775,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3156","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chapter"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"version-history":[{"count":21,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3156\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5603,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3156\/revisions\/5603"}],"part":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/parts\/2775"}],"metadata":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapters\/3156\/metadata\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3156"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"chapter-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/pressbooks\/v2\/chapter-type?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"contributor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/contributor?post=3156"},{"taxonomy":"license","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/courses.lumenlearning.com\/wm-computerapplicationsmgrs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/license?post=3156"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}