Getting to Know Microsoft Access, Part 7: Forms - The Form Wizard
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The form wizard is probably the easiest way to create a form. Double-click the "Create form by using wizard" option in the database window with the forms objects visible to use the wizard. Choose your record source(s) and field(s). Choose how you want to view your data, select a layout and style for your form, and finally give your form a name.
Instead of doing what you just did you could click the "New" button with the forms objects open in the database window to get the options I discussed previously, including the various AutoForm options. The AutoForm options include: Columnar, Tabular, Datasheet, PivotTable, and PivotChart styles. The Columnar style organizes the fields in columns while the tabular style puts the data for the records on a line across the form.
The Datasheet style is similar to the Datasheet view for tables and is generally used for subforms. Subforms show data from records with related data to the current record. The PivotTable style analyzes and summarizes your data, while the PivotChart style shows this analysis and summary graphically.
Once you’ve created your form you can modify the form’s design by adding headers and footers, resizing the form or window, adding special controls, moving or reformatting the controls, changing label text, adding lines, or changing the order of the cursor through the controls when the TAB button is used. These possibilities are available to you both from the form toolbar and through the form properties worksheet.
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