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Open Microsoft Access
2003. |
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Click
Help
à
Sample Databases
à
Northwind Sample Database.
Click
OK
to close the splash screen. |
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Click the
Display Database Window button
on the Main Switchboard. |
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Click the
Reports object in the Database
window.
Double-click the
Invoice report to preview it.
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Maximize the Invoice
report window by clicking the
Maximize button. In the Zoom
Toolbar, click the
pull-down arrow in the Zoom
Level tool and select
150%.
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Click the rightmost page
button (multiple
pages), and then move your
mouse over two pages and down two pages to select a
2x2
grid.
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Click the
small
x button in the upper
right-hand of your screen to close the maximized report.

Click the
small
restore button (directly to the
left of the small x button) to reduce the size of the Database
window back to its original size. |
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In the Database window,
click the
Forms object
and then double-click the
Customers form to open it.
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Click the
View
button ( ) in the
Form View toolbar to open the form in Design view. |
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Click on the
Customer ID field label once to
select it. Change the
font
to Franklin Gothic Heavy, the
font
size to 10 point, remove the
bold effect
that was placed on the label, and change the
font
colour to black.
You will need to make
the field label a bit wider; move your mouse over this black
box:

until it becomes a
double-headed arrow ( ).Click
and drag the text field wide enough to show the entire label. |
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Double-click the
Format Painter tool ( ) and then
click each
field label
to change the formatting to the new style. You will also need to
resize some of the field labels after applying the new format to
see the entire label. |
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The final form should
look like this:
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13.
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Save your
work and
close
Microsoft Access 2003. |