Practice Activities

Lesson 6: More Form Design

Try This: Do the following steps
1. Open the Brown Bag Lunch database you have been programming. Or you may download the sample database Brown Bag Lunch ver6.accdb online.

2. Open the Customers Form in Design View.

3. In the Form Header, change the name of the Customers Label to Customers. Using the Property Sheet, change the position of the Label to be left 1.25" and top .25"

4. Add the image BB Customers Logo.JPG to the Header. Resize the image to be width 1” and height 1”.

5. Format the color of the Header with a Shape Fill to be Theme Color: Dark Blue 2.

6. Select ALL the Form Controls & Labels (except the Header Label). Change the width to 2.5" and the height to .25"

7. Resize each of the Labels so that they are just larger than the text. Move the fields so that they are next to the labels, with minimal space in between. Move the Controls and their Labels: Place Company below Last Name. Place Phone Number below Company.

8. Select the Form and change the Tab Order as follows:
Customer ID, First Name, Last Name, Company, Phone Number, City, State

9. Select the Form and set the Cycle Properties to Current Record.

10. Save the Customers Form.

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