Showing The Navigation Pane Access 2013

Similar to a desktop database application, a Web App provides a navigation pane, which groups your Access objects. This is similar to the desktop database interface and can be filtered easily to help you locate a specific design object. This means that you can use design features from both the table in the Table Selector and the table contained in the navigation pane. 

In the navigation pane, the views are listed under the heading Forms. This is because the terminology used in the navigation pane comes from desktop databases. 

Show the navigation pane:

1. Click the Settings/Actions charm in the Table Selector to see the available options. 
2. Click Navigation Pane on the Home tab of the ribbon. 
3. Use the Search box to filter the results. 
4. Right-click a table to see options similar to those available from the Table Selector. 
5. Click each view that is displayed for a specific table. These are the different views of the table that Access has automatically constructed.

TIP: If you select the Open shortcut on the Table Selector menu or select View Data from the options on the Table Selector, you can type data directly into your tables without the need to display the views in a web browser. 

TIP: After Access has automatically created views of your data, if you add new fields to the table, the views automatically change to include your new fields—a very powerful feature. But if you edit the views, this capability is lost. This balances the needs of people who want Access to control the layouts with those users who want finer control of the layouts. 

CAUTION: If you click Edit, you will not change the table design, but you will change the design of the selected view. We will look at the View Layout features in Section 3, “Modifying a Web App.”