In the Application Options section, under Document Window Options, do one of the following: In the Access Options dialog box, select Current Database. Earlier versions of Access showed objects in overlapping windows and that option is still available. You can either use object tabs (also called tabbed documents) or overlapping windows as the method to show objects in the Document window. Right click the tab to save, close, or switch views.Ĭhoose between object tabs or overlapping windows