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Aligning and distributing controls on forms and reports

Aligning and distributing controls on forms and reports - Microsoft Access Tutorial

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Aligning and distributing controls on forms and reports

When you create forms and reports from scratch, it will help usability, if you make sure to line up your labels and controls, so the information looks orderly instead of jagged. I'll demonstrate this by designing a form from scratch. Click on the Create ribbon, and then on the Form Design button. We now have a blank form. Up on the right-hand side of the ribbon click on Add existing fields, this brings up a list of all the fields you have in your database. You can open and shut the different tables using the Plus and Minus signs. I'll double-click on Customer ID, Company name, Address1, Address2, City, State, and Zip. Each of the fields is added to my form. Because all the controls are aligned on their left edge, the labels look jagged. Sometimes it looks nice to align them on their right edges instead. So, I'll draw a marquee around the text labels to select them. I'll click above and to the left, and drag down. You could also click and Shift+Click if you wanted to. Go up to the…

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