Access 2016 Intermediate

Lesson 8 – Using Controls and Layouts

Access 2016

Steps

Practice Data

1. 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. An image of a box appears as you drag then sizing handles appear around the selected controls. 2. Point to the edge of one of the selected controls. The mouse pointer changes into an open hand.

Drag to select the Sales to Date and Sales Rep labels and text boxes

Point to the edge of the Sales to Date text box or label

3. Drag the controls to the desired location.

Drag the Sales to Date and Sales Rep controls up and to the right, aligning the top edge of the Sales to Date control with the top edge of the Customer Number control

An image of the controls appears as you drag and then the controls appear in the new location.

With the controls still selected, use the arrow keys on the keyboard to position the controls as necessary.

Click in a blank area of the form to deselect the controls. Switch to Form view to see the results. Then, switch back to Design view.

V IEWING THE P ROPERTIES OF AN O BJECT

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Discussion

Every object in Access has properties that define its characteristics. Database objects, such as tables, queries, and forms, have very general properties, such as their name and description. Other objects, such as fields in a table or controls on a form, have many properties that control their appearance, such as font size and color, the number of decimal places, and the control source. Change object properties on a form or report in Design view using the Property Sheet . The properties in the Property Sheet depend on the object type selected. For example, label box properties differ from the properties for the Detail section of a form. You can also change the properties for page and form headers and footers.

The properties of objects are grouped into five categories:

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