Some of my older work.

Microsoft Access 2010

Goals included a more sophisticated editor that felt more like "coding" while maintaining the high security environment and data integrity of our macro language.

Collaboration Credit: Art Leonard

Before - The Macro Editor was a study in how not to design something. Grown out of necessity, it had never actually been "designed". Editing arguments meant traversing the entire screen between selecting an action and modifying the arguments. — **Before -** The Macro Editor was a study in how not to design something. Grown out of necessity, it had never actually been "designed". Editing arguments meant traversing the entire screen between selecting an action and modifying the arguments.

Microsoft Access 2007

Recreating the grand-dame of desktop databases, love it or hate it, is a challenge not for the feint of heart. Many features we created needed to take into account over 15 years of feature development and a large and vocal user base.

Before - Access 2003 before the redesign. Unsurprisingly the most common command after opening Access 2003 was "File/Exit" — **Before -** Access 2003 before the redesign. Unsurprisingly the most common command after opening Access 2003 was "File/Exit"

Functionally Redesigned the App Including:
Unified Single Window View
Getting Started (Adopted in 2007 by Publisher and Visio)
Navigation Design
Ribbon Design and Coding
Split Forms

Collaboration Credit
Lead: Clint Covington
Researcher: Kelly Krout
Graphic Designer: Dan Hough