The vastly improved File menu (which Microsoft has
renamed the Office menu!) is shown in Figure C-2.
The ribbon is designed to be contextual so that everything you need is there when you need it.
Functions such as Font, Records, and Sort & Filter are grouped together and make the ribbon a
welcome change. The downside of the ribbon is that creating a custom one requires external XML
code as well as a somewhat-strange ???callback??? model for the VBA procedures that provide the ribbon
with its intelligence. The lack of a simpler method within Access itself to create and work with
ribbons is a real drawback.
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The complicated set of nested menus and dialog boxes is greatly simplified.
Another organizational feature for the user interface is the use of a tab system for open objects
(tables, forms, queries, and so on) instead of independent, floating windows. No more looking for
an object through various task bar and menu items. Each open object occupies a tab for easy reference.
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