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Objects seen in a Microsoft Access database:

  • tables, queries, forms, reports, macros, and modules
  • objects that are defined by the system, such as the MSysObjects table

Objects seen in a Microsoft Access project:

  • objects stored in the Access project file: forms, reports, macros, and modules
  • objects stored in the Microsoft SQL Server database: tables, table properties (such as indexes, triggers, keys, constraints, defaults, rules, and user-defined data types), views, stored procedures, and database diagrams
  • objects defined by the system, such as the sysindexes table

Objects seen in both Access databases and Access projects:

  • data access pages, which are shortcuts (displayed in the Database window) to corresponding HTML files stored in the file system
  • information from another application, such as a chart (graph) or a drawing