Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 201

Lesson 9 – Manipulating Form Controls in Design View

3. On the Arrange tab in the Position group, select Control Padding

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4. Select the desired padding option.

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Step-by-Step

Set control padding.

Open the Customer Data Entry 2 form in Design view, if necessary.

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.

Drag to select all the controls

2. Select the Arrange tab. The Arrange tab appears.

Click Arrange

3. On the Arrange tab in the Position group, select Control Padding . A list of control padding options appears. 4. Select the desired control margin option. The control padding is adjusted accordingly.

Click

Click Wide

Close CONTROL1.ACCDB .

H IDING THE R ULER

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Discussion

Hide or display the ruler in Design view. The ruler provides two rulers in the Design window, one across the top and one down the left side. These rulers are useful when you want to create controls that are a specific size or place controls in a specific location.

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