From the course: Cert Prep: Access 2016 Microsoft Office Specialist (77-730)

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Format a form

Format a form

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Format a form

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- [Instructor] Let's talk about some different format options that you have when you're working with your forms. For instance, if you add additional fields or if you move fields around on the form, your tab order may get out of sync. And I'm going to show you how easy it is to fix that. I'll also show you how you can configure print settings to print just one form in the table. We'll look at how to sort and filter the records directly in the form, and how to apply a theme. Keep in mind that if you apply a theme to a form, it's universal throughout that database, so your reports and forms within the database will all have the same theme. Let's take a look our 05_04 FormatForms database. I'll open up the customers form. It's looking pretty good, but there are a couple of things that we can do. I want to go ahead and go into Design view and I'd like to move the DirectPhone label and field up underneath the company name. These fields are still all grouped together, so in Design view, I'll…

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