Cause:

Solution:

1) Select the object to output to a different location.
2) Select the 'File' menu and select 'Save As/Export...'. (The Save As... dialog box appears.)
3) Do one of the following:

a) To save the selected object to an external file:

1] Select the 'To an external File or Database' radio button.
To an external File or Database
2] Click 'OK'. (The Save <object type><object name> dialog box appears, where <object type> is Table, Query, Form, Report, Macro, or Module, and <object name> is the name of the object.)
3] Select the desired folder from the 'Look in' drop-down list box.
4] Select the file or database to which to save the object from the 'Look in' list box.
Look in
5] Click 'Export'. (The Export dialog box appears.)
6] Type a name for the object in the new file or database in the 'Export <object name> to' box, where <object name> is the name of the original object.
Export
7] Click 'OK'.

b) To make a copy of the object in the same database:

1] Select the 'Within the current database as' radio button.
Within the current database as
2] Type the new name for the copy in the 'New Name' box.
New Name box
NOTE: If nothing is entered, Access automatically uses 'Copy of <original name>', where <original name> is the name of the object being saved to a copy.
3] Click 'OK'. (The copy of the object appears in the Database window.