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1. On the Tools menu, click Startup.
2. In the Display Form/Page box, click a form or data access page (data access page: A Web page, published from Access, that has a connection to a database. In a data access page, you can view, add to, edit, and manipulate the data stored in the database. A page can also include data from other sources, such as Excel.) from the current Microsoft Access file (Microsoft Access file: An Access database or Access project file. An Access database stores database objects and data in an .mdb file. A project file doesn't contain data and is used to connect to a Microsoft SQL Server database.).

Notes

• Changes to these settings in the Startup dialog box won't take effect until the next time the Microsoft Access database (Microsoft Access database: A collection of data and objects (such as tables, queries, or forms) that is related to a particular topic or purpose. The Microsoft Jet database engine manages the data.) or Microsoft Access project (Microsoft Access project: An Access file that connects to a Microsoft SQL Server database and is used to create client/server applications. A project file doesn't contain any data or data-definition-based objects such as tables and views.) is opened.
• The Northwind sample database has a startup form. To view this form, open the Northwind database in your Microsoft Office folder’s Samples folder. The Startup form appears automatically when you open Northwind, but you can view it whenever you want by clicking Forms under Objects in the Database window (Database window: The window that appears when you open an Access database or an Access project. It displays shortcuts for creating new database objects and opening existing objects.), clicking Startup, and then clicking the Open button on the Database window toolbar.