Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 2016

Lesson 8 – Using Controls and Layouts

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form or report in Design view. 2. Click the desired control. 3. Hold down the [Shift] key and select the other controls you want to add to the layout.

4. On the Arrange tab in the Table group select the Tabular button

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Step-by-Step

Create a tabular layout. Open the Line Items report in Design view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Click the desired control. The control is highlighted .

Click Order Number

2. Hold down the [Shift] key and select the other controls you want to add to the layout. Access highlights all the controls within the layout. 3. On the Arrange tab in the Table group select the Tabular button. The selected controls are added to a tabular control layout.

Hold down [Shift] and select Product ID and Quantity

Click

Notice, you may need to reduce the size of your control fields in order to fit the page.

R EMOVING A C ONTROL FROM A L AYOUT

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Discussion

Remove one or more controls from a layout and place them anywhere on the form without affecting the position of the other controls.

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