Introduction.
Custom Menu of Access 2003 in Access 2007.
You may have invested considerable time designing custom menus and toolbars in your MDB database. However, after upgrading to Microsoft Access 2007 and opening your database with the new version, you might notice that the customized menus and toolbars have disappeared.
The Add-In Menu.
Your custom menus and toolbars are not lost—they are still available. In Microsoft Access 2007, they are stored under the Add-Ins tab. Simply click on the Add-Ins tab on the Ribbon, and you will find all your custom menus and toolbars there. Refer to the sample image below for guidance.
Have you noticed the group name Custom Toolbars appearing at the bottom of the Add-in Menu?
But the Access 2007 Menu Bars also appear at the top. You want to turn off the default Access 2007 Menus and Toolbars from the top and replace them with your Custom Menus and Toolbars.
Access Option Changes.
Do the following to get that done:
- Click on the Office Button (Top left corner).
- Select Access Options.
- Select the Current Database.
- Move the scroll bar down to find the Ribbon and Toolbar Options as shown in the image given above.
- Select your Custom Menu Bar name from the drop-down list, replacing the text (Default).
- Select your Shortcut Menu Bar name from the drop-down list, replacing the text (Default).
- Remove the check marks from the next three options:
- Allow Full Menus.
- Allow Default Shortcut Menu.
- Allow Built-in Toolbars.
- Click OK to save changes and come out of Access Options.
- Close the database and open it again to register the changes.
One more step to go:
Now that the Menu Bars and Tool Bars are in complete control of your Application, they will look like the image given above.
You want to restore Access 2007 Menus and Toolbars, then open the MDB file by holding the Shift-Key, to prevent Auto-Macro from running and to get control of the database window. Go through Steps 1 to 9 and reverse what you did earlier.
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