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    No file name in title bar


    Not to take up anyone's time with a trivial matter, but can someone tell me how to make the name of the Access file I currently have open appear in the MS Access title bar at the top of the window. Every other MS Office 2007 application I use automatically shows the name of the file in the title bar after opening it, but not Access. I've set view options to show file name and checked everyplace else, but to no avail. Just frustrating because whenever I open a DB to work on it I often don't recall the specific file name, especially if I have more than one DB open. All it has across the top of each window is MS Access with no file name. Help......

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    Should be:

    File > Options > Current Database > Application Title
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    stardog is offline Novice
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    I went ahead and did that already, but am wondering why I have to manually enter a name for each new file each time when other MS applications (Word, Excel, etc.) provide the file name in the title bar automatically when first opening. No biggie, just an aggravation I ran into on an otherwise pleasant Friday afternoon.

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    Probably because an Access db is like an application. Excel is an application and workbook name shows on the workbook window, not the app window. An Excel app can have many workbook files displayed or can have multiple instances of Excel app. An Access app has only the one db file displayed. Opening another db means opening another instance of Access. Okay, so Word also opens another instance for each document. What can I say - Access is different.
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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