Access 2016 Intermediate

Access 2016

Lesson 10 – Using Design View

Steps

Practice Data

2. Drag to draw a frame for the control in the form or report. An image of a box appears as you drag and then the Insert Picture dialog box opens. 3. Select the drive where the image is stored. A list of available folders appears. 4. Open the folder where the image is stored. The folder contents appears.

Drag from 3” to 4 3/4” on the horizontal ruler and 1 1/4” to 2” on the vertical ruler

Click the student data drive

Double-click to open the student data folder

5. Select the desired image. The image is selected.

Click Tennis

6. Select OK .

Click

The Insert Picture dialog box closes, and the image appears in a frame on the form or report.

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

A DDING A R ECTANGLE

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Discussion

You can draw a rectangle on a form or report. Rectangles can enhance areas of a form or enclose controls.

When you use the Rectangle tool in the toolbox, the mouse pointer changes into a rectangle with a plus sign (+) above and to the left of it. As you drag to draw the rectangle, the center of the plus sign (+) indicates the position of the top left corner of the rectangle.

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form or report in Design view.

2. On the Design tab in the Controls group select the Rectangle button . 3. Drag to draw a rectangle in the form or report.

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