Microsoft Access 2003 free tutorial. Unit 11 Forms in Access2003
Unit 11. Forms (IV).
Working with controls
Selecting controls.
To select a control just click on it. When a control is selected it appears enclosed in some boxes, we call these boxes
movement controllers (the bigger) and size controllers (the smaller) as we can see in the image below.
To select various controls we can click on one of the controls to select, maintain depressed Shift key and click on each
one of the controls to select.
If we want to select various adjacent controls there is an easier way: left click on the mouse over the background of the
design area and without letting go drag it, we see that a box appears in the design area, and when we release the mouse
button all the controls that enter into this box will remain selected (it is not necessary for the control to be entirely in the box).
Adding controls
To add a new source field to a form, the fastest and easiest way is to open the Fields box (if not already open) by clicking
on the button on the toolbar. All the source fields will appear in this box. Next click on the field you want to add and drag
it to the place in the form where you want it to appear. Access will automatically create a tag with the name of the field and
an associated text box.
If we want to add another type of control like an image, open the Toolbox, click on the type of control that we want to
add, and let go of the mouse button, we see that the cursor has taken on a different form. We now position ourselves in the
area of the form where we would like to define the control, left clic and maintaining, drag the mouse untill we have the
desired size.
To move a control, we select the control and move the mouse a little until the cursor takes on the form of a hand. At this
moment clic and maintain, dragging the control into its final position. When a control is moved the label is also selected and
moves with the control.
To move only the label, position the cursor over its movement controller, and when the cursor takes the form of an index
finger drag it.
We can move the control without its tag in much the same way, but the index finger needs to be over the movement
controller of the control.
To move various controls at the same time, we select and move one of them and they will all move the same way.
Changing the size of the controls
To change the size of a control select it so that the size controllers appear, next move the mouse over one of the size
controllers, and when the cursor takes the form of a double arrow, left clic, maintain, and drag untill the control has the
desired size.
To change the size of various controls at the same time, we select and change the size of one of them and they will all
change the same way.
To practice these operations you can perform the Step by step exercise Changing the design of forms.
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