SECTION 3
Lesson 3.1: Basic Form Controls

   

 

 

The default style of form may be functional but not very good looking. You can enhance the look of a control by using the Formatting (Form/Report) toolbar at the top of the Access window. If you are familiar with Microsoft Word or Excel, or other such software applications, this toolbar should look familiar:

 

 

Here you can adjust the font, font size, make the font bold, change the colour, apply a background colour, or make a control look three dimensional by using the effects buttons. If you apply a new format to a control and don’t like the look of it, you can press Ctrl + Z on your keyboard to undo the formatting change. Also, if you make a font larger but can’t see the entire label, click the label you just modified and drag the small black boxes around the outside edge in the dimension you need to expand.