1.                   

Open the Lesson 3.1 file from the Section 3 folder of your Exercise Files.

2.                   

Click the Forms object in the Database window and then double-click Create form in Design view.

3.                   

Click the Label button in the toolbar and drag a box in the upper left hand corner of the form:

Type My Form in the label you just made.

Click somewhere in the empty area of the canvas to deselect the label, then click the label once so you see the small black boxes around the outside edge of the label. Change the Font to Verdana, the size to 22, center the text, and then click the small pull-down arrow beside the background colour button and select white.

4.                   

Click the Check Box icon in the Toolbox and then drag a small area under the label:

5.                   

Click the Label of the first check box. Change the text of the label to Check Box 1. Change its font to Verdana, its size to 12, and its background colour to a light blue. You will also need to make the label larger, click and drag the black boxes until you reach the appropriate size to see all of the label:

6.                   

Copy and paste this label twice using Ctrl + C and Ctrl + V keys. After pasting each new check box, move it to the right of the previous check box:

7.                   

Change the name of the two new Check boxes to Check Box 2 and Check Box 3.

8.                   

Click the Command Button icon in the Toolbox and drag an area beneath Check Box 1:

9.                   

When the Command Button Wizard appears, click the Cancel button. We will explore some of the Command Wizards later in this manual.

10.               

Close the form, save it, and name it Empty Form. Close Microsoft Access 2003.