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Redirecting to a Standard Object List Page
For buttons or links that navigate a user to a standard tab, you can redirect the content to present a list of standard objects.
Create a Visualforce page with the following markup:
The user will see a page that resembles the following:
Overriding the Account Detail Page
The Visualforce page can also refer to other standard objects, such as contacts,
by changing the reference to the standard object. For example: