From the course: Access 2016: Forms and Reports

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Add images to a form

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- [Voiceover] The selective use of images throughout your database can accomplish several tasks. They can help your documents conform to branding standards or reinforce organizational pride. They can also make your database more attractive and give it a bit of personality and maybe even make it fun or inspirational for your end users. There are four different ways to add unbound images to your forms and reports. And when I say "unbound" I mean not connected to a data source like our employee photos were. Let's take a look at some of the options that we have when working with images by going into this Controls form, right clicking, and choosing Design View. Now one way that I can add an image is by coming up here on the design tab and clicking on this Insert Image gallery. That'll show me a list of any images that I've used previously if I have any. In my case, I haven't, so all I see is the Browse button that'll browse out to my computer. Another way I can add an image is by going up…

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