Using the property sheet to work with controls

When you're designing objects in Access, there are dozens of settings for every…label and every data control that you can't get to from the ribbons.…While you're working in Design View or Layout View, opening up the Property…Sheet will give you complete power over every object, section or control.…Open up the Customers Order Form and view it in Layout View.…On the Form Layout tools, Design ribbon.…On the far right, there's a button for Property Sheet, go ahead and click on it…and the Property Sheet opens.…

You can also use F4 on your keyboard to toggle it open and close.…At the top of the window, is a dropdown, where you can select the label or the…control that you want to work with.…You can also just click on it in the window and the Property Sheet will change.…Notice that on this list, you can even work with the Form properties themselves.…Another thing to appreciate is that if you switch over to the Design View, you…can use this properties box to fine- tune entire sections, including the Form…