The Navigation Pane is the main way you view and access all your database objects and it displays on the left side of the Access window by default. Note The Navigation Pane can be customized in a variety of ways.

To display the Navigation Pane in an Access web app, on the Home tab, in the Show group, click the Navigation Pane toggle button. To hide the Navigation Pane, click along the top of the Navigation Pane, click the Navigation Pane toggle button, or press F11.

Create custom categories and groups in the Navigation Pane, so you can organize your Access database objects to fit your needs.

Access web apps don't support navigation forms. If you often use the same set of forms and reports, create a navigation form that groups them together. You’ll have everything you need at your fingertips.

To go to a page or a heading in a Word document without scrolling, use the Navigation pane. To open the Navigation pane, press Ctrl+F, or select the View tab and choose Navigation Pane. Browse by headings. If you’ve applied heading styles to the headings in the body of your document, those headings appear in the Navigation pane. The ...

By default, the Navigation Pane appears when you open a database, including databases created in earlier versions of Access. You can prevent the Navigation Pane from appearing by default by setting a program option. The following set of steps explain how to take each action. To show or hide the Navigation Pane

Whether you're a new user getting familiar with Excel, or an experienced user trying to navigate a large workbook, the Navigation pane can help. Find and access elements such as tables, charts, PivotTables, and images within your workbook.

You can use the LockNavigationPane macro action in Access desktop databases to prevent users from deleting database objects that are displayed in the Navigation Pane.

Minimize the Navigation Pane, so that with a single click you can open and close the pane to access your folders and different views. Leave the Navigation Pane minimized and still access the Folder List and other panes within it.

Use this procedure to add one or more subforms to an existing form. For each subform, you can choose to have Access create a new form or use an existing form as the subform. Right-click the existing form in the Navigation Pane, and then click Design View.