Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 201

Lesson 9 – Manipulating Form Controls in Design View

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Step-by-Step

Align controls in Design view.

If you have not been using the Customer form, open the Customer 3 form in Design view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Select the controls you want to align. Sizing handles appear around the selected controls.

Hold [Shift] and click the Customer Number , Store Name , Region , Credit Limit , and Note text boxes

3. On the Arrange tab in the Sizing & Ordering group, click Align. A list of alignment choices appears.

Click

4. Select the desired alignment.

Click

The controls are aligned accordingly.

Click in a blank area of the form to deselect the controls.

Practice the Concept: Select the unbound controls for the same fields and align them to the left. Click in a blank area of the form to deselect the controls.

S PACING C ONTROLS

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Discussion

Increase or decrease the spacing between selected controls, or space them evenly between the top and bottom controls. You can also implement spacing changes horizontally or vertically.

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form or report in Design view. 2. Select the controls you want to space.

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