Access 2016 Intermediate

Lesson 11 – Using Advanced Form Design

Access 2016

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Procedures

1. Open the desired form in Design view. 2. Right-click in a blank area of the form. 3. Select Form Header/Footer .

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Step-by-Step

Add a header and footer to a form.

If you have not been using the Order Entry form, open the Order Entry 7 form in Design view.

Steps

Practice Data

1. Right-click in a blank area of the form. The form submenu appears.

Right-click in a blank area of the form

2. Select Form Header/Footer .

Click Form Header/Footer

The Form Header and Form Footer sections appear.

Using the Design tab add a label to the left side of the form header. Enter the text Order Entry Form . Resize the text to 14 pt . You will probably need to reposition the details section selector so that you can resize the label box for the text to fit. Click in a blank area of the form to deselect the label. Switch to Form view. Notice the form header at the top of the page. Switch to Design view.

Practice the Concept: Add a page header and footer to the form. Add a label to the Page Header section. Enter the text Worldwide Sporting Goods and then center the label in the section. Click in a blank area of the form to deselect the label.

Switch to Form view and print preview the form. Magnify the form to view the form and page headers. Switch back to Design view. If necessary, resize header labels as needed.

Close the form without saving it.

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