Top of page Step 5: Change the widths of the labels and fields. When you have some time, you might want to experiment with different settings just to see the results you get. For example, by changing the Alignment from Left to Center, the word or words in the label are centered within the Label. You can then drag and drop it where you want.Īll of the listings in the Properties window can be modified by you. A border appears around the control with eight green handles (Figure 26).
Clicking a label or field selects the entire control. There are times when we want to work with a group of controls. Sometimes we want to work with the entire control, and other times we want to work with only the label or field. The controls in the main form consists of a label and its field. Here are some pointers that we will be using in these steps. The font color of the headings need to be changed as well. Some of the labels will have to be modified so that they can be read clearly. The background needs to be changed to a picture. Headings need to be added for each group in the main form. Changes need to be made in the Date and PaymentType columns of the subform that are similar to the changes in the main form. The Note field needs to be lengthened vertically and a scroll bar added. This box contains the entries from the Payment Type table. All the fields whose label ends in Payment will be replaced with a list box. But for a better appearance, changes will be made to these as well. Only Lunch, Supper, Motel, and Tolls have acceptable lengths. The widths of several fields and labels need to be changed. Some abbreviations should be used if possible (Misc. Some of the labels need to have their wording changed. The controls need to be move into groups: food, fuel subform, and miscellaneous. Shorten the length of the payment fields (all fields containing the word payment). It also needs to be lengthened to show the day of the week, month, day, and year. The Date field in the main form needs a dropdown capability. The discussion will follow this ten step outline. We will also modify the label for the PaymentType field as well as change the field to a list box.įirst, we must decide what we want to change and to what. 
We will be moving the controls to different places in the form and changing the background to a picture.
Click the circle in from of Modify the form. You might want to experiment with the different possible settings.) (I chose the beige which is Orange 4 in the Color table.) Select the color you want in the Apply Styles list. Unless you have a need for any of these entries to be checked, accept the default settings.
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