Adjust the Form’s Layout

After the Form Wizard creates your product form, you can rearrange the controls on a form to group related items together. Anything that you add to a form—including text boxes, labels, list boxes, option buttons, command buttons, and lines—is a control. To adjust the form’s layout, switch to form design view.

View button

In the form, click the View arrow, and then click Design View. To select the control you want, click it, and then manipulate it to change the form’s appearance. You can align controls to the grid, resize them, and adjust the horizontal and vertical spacing so that they are uniformly spaced.

Adjust the placement of a control   Click the control, hold down the CONTROL key, and then use the arrow keys to move the control in small increments. Want to move or realign more than one control at a time?   Click next to one of the controls, and then drag the pointer around all of the controls to select them (a box appears around the controls as you drag the pointer). Point between any two handles on the selected controls. When the pointer changes to an open hand, hold the mouse button down and then drag the controls to a new location. Field List button Need to add a field?   Click the Field List button, and then drag the field you want from the list to the form.

Office Assistant button

Want to know more?   Look up Getting Results - Forms in Help.