Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 201

Lesson 9 – Manipulating Form Controls in Design View

E XERCISE

M ANIPULATING F ORM C ONTROLS IN D ESIGN V IEW

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Task

Manipulate form controls in design view.

1. Open CONTROLX.ACCDB . 2. Open the Project Form 1 form in Design view. 3. Select the Course Name and Trainer Initials controls. 4. Delete the selected controls. 5. Reduce the size of the Project ID text box so that it is slightly longer than the text it contains. 6. Select all the controls on the form. 7. Size all the selected controls to the widest control on the form. 8. Select the Start Date and End Date controls. 9. Move the selected controls up until they are directly below the Client ID controls. 10. Move the Total Sale controls directly under the End Date controls. 11. Open the Field List , and add the Trainer Initials field to the form, below the Total Sale control. 12. Add all the controls to a stacked layout, set the control padding to Medium . 13. Switch to Form view to view the changes. 14. Close the form, saving the changes. 15. Close the database file.

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