Step 1: View the Switchboard Window

The Main Switchboard window has buttons for performing specific database tasks. The buttons will vary based on the type of database you created. This figure shows a Contact Management database. To activate a button, such as Enter/View Contacts, click the button. 

 

 

 

Step 2: A Form Opens

Depending on which Switchboard button you select in step 1, a form or other database task window will appear. In this example, I selected the Enter/View Contacts button in step 1, so the Contact form opens onscreen, as shown in this figure. To return to the Switchboard, click the form's Close button. 

 

 

 

Step 3: Close Only the Switchboard

To close the Switchboard window, click the window's Close button. This closes only the Switchboard window, not the database you were working on. 

 

 

 

Step 4: View the Database Window

You can choose to use the Database window at any time, whether the Switchboard window is closed or opened. To maximize the Database window, click the Restore button on the minimized Database button. 

 

 

 

Step 5: The Database Window Restored

The Database window opens. If the Switchboard window is still open, the Database window appears on top of the Switchboard window. 

 

 

 

Step 6: Exit with the Switchboard

If you're using the Switchboard to perform database tasks, you can also close your database using the Switchboard window. Simply click the Exit This Database button.