Buttons to display information in a field

[Whiskeyz]

Dear AF friends,

I would like to first state that I am new to Access and trying my best to pick up on skills, so pardon if my questions seemed redundant or illogical.
I'm trying to create a sort of quick-access/all-in-one Access form that..
1) Displays contact details stored in an excel sheet
2) Opens application on click
3) etc..

I am able to get pointer 2 sorted out, however am having trouble with pointer 1.

I have the contact details stored in an excel sheet, of which I am aware of how to import it into Access.
However, my idea was to have a tab where firstly there are 4 buttons, say buttonA to buttonD.
I want it to perform an action such that when i click buttonA, 5 other buttons (say button1 to button5) appear on the right of the 4 existing buttons.
If I press buttonB however, button6 to button10 will appear and replace the button1 to button5 at the same spot.
After which, if I press button1 etc, there will be a field where contact details are displayed (name/number/etc) and it switches as I press different buttons.

I tried searching but lack the technical knowledge to know what the keywords are in finding help for this issue, hence may some kind soul help me out by guiding me to the right path?

Thank you so much

Cheers,
Whiskeyz

[June7]

Why is data in Excel and not Access tables?

Why do you need so many buttons to go on and off? What are these buttons for? Maybe there is a simpler, better way to achieve what you want.

Why would different buttons switch the contact details? How many contacts and how many buttons?

[Whiskeyz]

Why is data in Excel and not Access tables?

Why do you need so many buttons to go on and off? What are these buttons for? Maybe there is a simpler, better way to achieve what you want.

Why would different buttons switch the contact details? How many contacts and how many buttons?

The information was given to me in excel table, which I thought was no problem since I could just link it into Access.

buttonA etc are actually, say, the groupings. And button1 etc would actually caption the group member's name (can it be replaced by a label instead?). In other words clicking button A shows the members in the group A and clicking the buttons/label that appear afterwards show their information respectively (button1 tagged to member1, etc).

I'm definitely open to ideas for neater way to do this but currently it's what I have in mind design-wise.

Thanks.

[June7]

Cannot edit Excel sheet through an Access link.

I don't understand 'button 1 tagged to member1'. How many members and how many buttons do you expect to have? What if you add more members? Need more buttons?

If you want to post the db for analysis, follow instructions at bottom of my post. Or maybe some diagrams.