Database Reference
In-Depth Information
Figure 2-13. This hidden dialog box can make text in a field more legible. In your sample database,
you may have noticed how the text stands a little away from the left edge of the field border (see
Figure 2-12). That formatting was done on the layout, but you can add this effect to a field in one
record with the settings shown above.
Remember, just like text-formatting commands, any paragraph formatting you apply in
Browse mode changes only the record and the field that's active when you choose the com-
mand. This ability comes in handy sometimes, but people use the Layout cousins of these
commands far more often.
The Text Ruler
The Text Ruler is a visual version of the Paragraph formatting dialog box. Use the ruler to set
indents and tab stops. The ruler has an arrow icon for the Left, Right, and First Line indent
settings (
Figure 2-14
), which you just drag to the spot on the ruler where you want the indent
set. You'll learn how to set tab stops on
Formatting Tabs
.
Choose View→Ruler, and the ruler appears below the Status toolbar. When you're in a field,
the ruler is a white area the width of the field, with the zero point on the ruler lined up with
the left edge of the field. When you're not in a field, the ruler measures the width of the con-
tent area.
