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137. Create a Form

138 Modify a Form

139 Enter Data Using a Form

To help you enter data into a complex table that contains a lot of

fields , you can create a form to help you arrange those fields in a more compact and perhaps more logical order. Unlike entering data in

List view, with a form, you can add instructions and informational text or graphics that make the form easier for someone else to enter the right data into the table.

If you think you might be entering the same information in multiple records, you can enter that data in a simple table with only one field, and then link to the resulting one-column list from the form. For example, to make entering the data for each CD in a music collection table easier, you might create a simple one column/field music categories table, with entries such as

jazz, rock, country , and so on. You could then make this music category list available to the CD form, so when you use the form later on to enter your CD collection, you can select the music category for each CD from a list instead of having to type the various categories over and over again as you enter information about each CD.