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These commands will place a Form Header/Footer or
Page Header/Footer on the form.
Changing the Layout
In this section, you??™ll learn how to change a form??™s layout using Access??™s new Layout View. You??™ll
add, move, and resize controls, as well as change a few other characteristics while viewing the
form??™s data.
In the Home tab??™s Views group, click the Layout View command to switch to Layout View. Click on
the ribbon??™s Arrange tab (shown in Figure 8-12) to show commands available to change the form
while viewing data.
FIGURE 8-12
The Form ribbon??™s Arrange tab for Layout View
Changing a control??™s properties
In previous versions of Access, you had to make changes to the form in Design View. In Layout
View, you can change these properties while looking at the data instead of the Control Source.
Click the Property Sheet command in the Arrange tab??™s Tools group to display the Property Sheet
for a selected Control.
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For more information on changing control properties with the Property Sheet, see
Chapter 7.


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