From the course: Access 2016: Forms and Reports

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Organize screen space with tabs

Organize screen space with tabs

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Organize screen space with tabs

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- [Voiceover] A tab control can be used to add extra space to your form, or to group similar or related objects together. Adding a tab control is a great way to organize your form, but it's not a control that you'll want to use on a report, since most reports are printed out, and you obviously wouldn't be able to click on the paper to change tabs. Let's take a look at how we can use a tab control. I'll right-click on my Controls form, and go into Design View. The tab control is this item up here in the Controls group on the Design ribbon, looks like a little file folder here. Go ahead and click that, and when you come down here, you'll click and drag to drag out a new tab control object. Now, tab control is actually a couple of different objects linked together, we have the main tab control object, which is what I have selected right now, and I can take a look at the Property Sheet to confirm that the Selection type is Tab Control. We also have the individual tabs, or what Access…

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