Compact and Repair Before You Begin: Save and Close anything that may be open. As with the other File commands, Access will close all Objects before you start.   Try it: Compact and Repair Go to Database Tools->Tools. Select Compact and Repair Database.   What Do You See? It happens so quickly you may wonder if it worked. If you have a large, fragmented database, you may see a progress bar on the bottom of your Window as the process moves along. Be patient: a big database may take several minutes to Compact and Repair. When the maintenance is done, your database will open again. Exam 77-885: Microsoft Access 2010 1. Managing the Access Environment 1.1. Create and manage a database: Compact and Repair Database Tools->Tools->Compact and Repair Database