From the course: Cert Prep: Access Expert - Microsoft Office Specialist for Office 2019 and Office 365
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Add and modify labels on reports
From the course: Cert Prep: Access Expert - Microsoft Office Specialist for Office 2019 and Office 365
Add and modify labels on reports
- [Instructor] When working with our reports, if we need to move each control one by one so the spacing is correct between labels and text boxes, it can be very tedious but we can use margin control to change the layout inside of the controls and our padding control to change the amount of space between and around our controls. This lets us put a little white space in between each of the records. Another option that we have is to change the layout from portrait to landscape or landscape to portrait. Let's jump into our positioning database and take a look at our Employee Benefits report. There's a lot of information in this report. It would be easier to read if we could add a little white space in between each of the records. Also, I want to make sure that the text in my labels and text boxes is centered more in each of those controls so that the information doesn't get truncated. Let's go into Design View. I'm…
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