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MS Access 2003: Form without combo box

This MSAccess tutorial explains how to start with a new form before a combo box has been added in Access 2003 (with screenshots and step-by-step instructions).

Setting up Form

For the purposes of this tutorial, let's look at how to create and configure a combo box object.

We've created a form called frmProducts that displays Product ID and Product Name. See picture below.

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We've set the form's Record Source property to Products which means that the form will display records from the Products table.

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