Access 2007 Tour: The New User Interface

The new Getting Started page provides you with a quick shortcut to the features of Access 2007.

The most notable feature on this page is the prominent set of dymanic links to Microsoft's Access 2007 templates. These are updated automatically through Office Online and offer you the ability to begin your database design with a predefined template, rather than starting from a blank database. Examples include databases for asset tracking, project management, sales, tasks, contacts, issues, events and students. Selecting any of these templates intiates an automatic download process which concludes by opening the database for you.

You'll find other resources on the Getting Started page as well. From this page, you may create a new blank database, open recent databases or read content from Microsoft Office Online.