Database Reference
In-Depth Information
In this exercise, you'll align, size, and rearrange the label and text box controls in a form.
SET UP
You need the GardenCompany03 database you worked with in the preceding
exercise to complete this exercise. If necessary, open the database. Then follow the steps.
1
In the
Navigation
pane, in the
Forms
group, right-click
Customers
, click
Layout View
.
TIP
If the Property Sheet pane was open when you last closed the form, it is dis-
played with the form.
2
Click the
CustomerID
label control (not its text box), and on the
Arrange
tool tab, in
the
Rows & Columns
group, click the
Select Column
button.
TIP
You can also point above the selected control, and when the pointer changes to
a single downward-pointing arrow, click to select the column of controls.
3
With all the label controls selected, on the
Format
page of the
Property Sheet
pane,
set the
Tex t Align
property to
Right
to right-align all the labels in their controls.
You can efficiently adjust the alignment of multiple selected controls by changing the Text Align
property in the Property Sheet pane.
