ACC2000: Switchboard Manager Does Not Appear on Add-Ins Submenu as Expected

ID: Q235430

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

SYMPTOMS

The following Microsoft Access 2000 Help topics

"Create a switchboard form by using the Switchboard Manager"

"Create a new switchboard that you can open from the opening switchboard"

"Make a change to an existing switchboard"

"Change which switchboard automatically displays when you open the database"

"Delete a switchboard"

have one of the following statements in the first few steps of the instructions:

If you created the switchboard by using the Switchboard Manager, click Add-Ins on the Tools menu, and then click Switchboard Manager.

-or-

On the Tools menu, point to Add-Ins, and then click Switchboard Manager.

This information is not correct. The Switchboard Manager does not appear on the Add-Ins submenu on the Tools menu as it does in earlier versions of Microsoft Access.

RESOLUTION

The Switchboard Manager now appears on the Database Utilities submenu on the Tools menu. To start the Switchboard Manager:

On the Tools menu, point to Database Utilities.

Click Switchboard Manager.

MORE INFORMATION

The following utilities, located on the Add-Ins submenu in earlier versions, have also been moved to the Database Utilities submenu in Microsoft Access 2000:

The Linked Table Manager

The Database Splitter

The Upsizing Wizard

Additional query words: where did go it find I locate


Keywords          : kbdta DcmHlp UiMenu 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: July 26, 1999