Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 2016

Lesson 8 – Using Controls and Layouts

corner. If you do, the mouse pointer changes to a pointing hand instead of an open hand and the paired bound and unbound controls are moved individually, rather than as a single unit.

NOTE Move selected controls with the keyboard by pressing the [Up] , [Down] , [Left] , or [Right] arrow keys. The selected objects move to the next grid point. Holding the [Ctrl] key while dragging temporarily suspends the Snap to Grid feature and allows you to freely position a control. To move a control while keeping it in the same horizontal or vertical position, hold the [Shift] key and click the control, then drag the control by its move handle either horizontally or vertically. The first direction you drag determines which position is maintained.

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form or report in Design view. 2. Point to a blank area just above and to the left of the first control you want to select and drag down and to the right to create a box around the one or more controls. 3. Point to the edge of one of the selected controls. 4. Drag the controls to the desired location.

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Step-by-Step

Move selected controls.

Open the Customer Sales 3 form in Design view.

If necessary, resize the window to view all fields. Resize the design grid by dragging the grid right edge to 12cms on the horizontal ruler.

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