Database Reference
In-Depth Information
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Right-click the title control, click
Size
, and click
To Fit
. Then Use the
Width
and
Left
properties to adjust the width and position of the date control to match the title
control.
13
Center the date control, and then click away from the control.
The Report Header section now contains only two controls.
TIP
If you need to format or move several controls in a section, first group them
together. Select the controls, click the Size/Space button in the Sizing & Ordering
group on the Arrange tool tab, and then in the Grouping area of the list, click Group.
Grouped controls can be manipulated as a unit, but not individually. To change just
one of the controls, you must first ungroup all the controls.
Now let's turn our attention to the CategoryName Header section.
14
In the
CategoryName Header
section, delete the
Category Name
label.
15
Select the
CategoryName
text box control, and make it
16
points, bold, and the
same dark green you used previously. Then open the
Property Sheet
pane, set the
Height
property to
0.3”
and the
Width
property to
2.0”
, and close the
Property
Sheet
pane.
9
16
Move the control so that its top sits against the top of the section and its left border
sits two grid points in from the left edge of the section.
17
On the
Design
tool tab, display the
Controls
gallery, and click the
Label
thumbnail.
Then click directly below the lower-left corner of the
CategoryName
text box
control.
TIP
To precisely align the left edge of one control with that of another, set their Left
properties to the same value.
