[AccessD] FMS Article on the new features in Access 2007

Paul Rodgers paulrster at gmail.com
Thu Mar 19 16:17:08 CDT 2009


Couldn't agree more, David. My latest laptop came with 2007 - fortunately
not the dreaded Vista - and I did try to cope with Access2007. But I found
it hardly worth the challenge of learning the whole program over again when
the new version offered so little improvement. For me as an occasional user
- MySql is my main thing - I decided it simply wasn't worth the worry.

I took 2007 off the machine and replaced it with 2003.

Was I wrong to do that? I don't think so, but just in case I am going to a
short course on converting to 2007 at the local college next week  - with an
open mind. But the lecturer will have to be very convincing, I confess, for
me to replace it.

In the thick of trying to sort out Access 2007, before I did myself the real
favour of removing it, I really felt we had been betrayed by Microsoft.

All the best

paul

2009/3/19 David McAfee <davidmcafee at gmail.com>

> I agree with him on these A2007 problems:
>
> Not being able to see a list of object sorted by modified date the way
> you'd expect in Windows Explorer.
>
> Losing Alt+D as a way to put the current object in design mode
>
> Losing the toolbar item to automatically jump to a form or report's module
> code
>
> Missing right mouse click items like import/export
>
> As for the Ribbon, I don't like the "Once you get used to it, its not
> that bad" that I hear quite often.
> I don't feel so many command/tol bar buttons need to be seen. As a
> programer, I feel I need to know what the user needs to have available
> to them,
> If they do need something that can navigate view the menus (oops, they
> removed them!).
>
> "Overcoming Resistance to Change
>
> For years, the Access community complained that Microsoft was
> abandoning Access, that they didn't invest enough in it, that the Jet
> Engine and DAO was dead, etc. Well, the Microsoft Access development
> team for Access 2007 was the largest ever and Microsoft made a huge
> investment that added considerable new features to Access."
>
> I never really requested change. I hoped that they wouldn't abandon
> Access, like was always rumored.
>
> There are a few new cool features, but they never fixed some old bugs
> that still go back to early versions of Access.
>
> They still haven't made a list box with .fontcolor or
> .selectedrowBackColor property.
>
> The datasheet totals are cool, but I should provide that for my users
> in their form. Remember, users shouldnt be accessing the
> tables/queries directly.
>
> "In Access 2007, a different approach is necessary for finding your
> object. Rather than visually finding it, enter some letters of the
> object name in the Search Bar, and the list of objects gets filtered
> to just those names. This makes it very easy to find objects by name
> -- especially text within an object name -- that wasn't possible
> before. Once you are used to this, it's very difficult to go back."
>
> Nah, give me my detail view. The ability to sort by Name and or date
> is more important to me. My naming conventions is another way for me
> to quickly find what I need.
>
> The Date picker is nice, but is there a way to turn it off? THey may
> be times where you don't want it to be displayed, or use your own
> instead.
>
> Just my worthless 2 cents,
> David
>
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 1:04 PM, <rusty.hammond at cpiqpc.com> wrote:
> >
> > I just thought I'd throw this out there and see everyone thinks.
> >
> > http://www.fmsinc.com/MicrosoftAccess/2007/Top-Features.html
> > <http://www.fmsinc.com/MicrosoftAccess/2007/Top-Features.html>
> >
> > It does sound like there are some nice new features.  Whether they
> outweigh
> > the drawbacks...
> >
> >
> > Rusty Hammond
> >
> >
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