Access 2016 Intermediate

Lesson 9 - Manipulating Form Controls in Design View

Access 2016

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Step-by-Step

Set control margins.

Open the Customer Data Entry 2 form in Design view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. 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 Position group select the Control Margins button. A list of control margin options appears. 3. Select the desired control margin option. The control margins are adjusted accordingly.

Drag to select all the controls

Click

Click Medium

S ETTING C ONTROL P ADDING

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Discussion

On the Arrange tab in the Position group use Control Padding to set the amount of spacing between controls and the gridlines in a layout. 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.

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