Access 2016 Intermediate

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Lesson 9 – Manipulating Form Controls in Design View

If you have not been using the Customer Sales form, open the Customer Sales 4 form in Design view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the controls you want to size. An image of a box appears as you drag and then sizing handles appear around the controls. 2. On the Arrange tab in the Sizing & Ordering group click Size/Space Displays a menu of Size and Spacing options. 3. Select the desired format button in the Sizing and Ordering group. The controls are sized automatically.

Drag to select all the controls

Click

Click

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.

S ETTING C ONTROL M ARGINS

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Discussion

You can use the Control Margins button in the Position group on the Arrange tab to specify the location of information displayed within a control. There are four options to choose from: None , Narrow , Medium , and Wide .

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form or report in Design view. 2. Select the desired controls. 3. On the Arrange tab in the Position group select the Control Margins button

. 4. Select the desired margin option.

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