Form Formatting

[Melissa]

I have designed a form with exactly the formatting I want -
background color, label font and color, control font and
color, header background color, font and color, etc.

I have 2 questions:

1. When I add fields to this existing form, is there a way
to automatically have it match the destination formatting?
As it is, I have to change the font, size and color
individually via the properties sheet.

2. Is there a way to make the format of my existing form a
template of sorts so that when I create new forms all
elements (header, details sections,etc) have that same
formatting?

Thanks.

 

[Bas Cost Budde]

I have designed a form with exactly the formatting I want -
background color, label font and color, control font and
color, header background color, font and color, etc.

I have 2 questions:

1. When I add fields to this existing form, is there a way
to automatically have it match the destination formatting?
As it is, I have to change the font, size and color
individually via the properties sheet.

You can adjust the default properties for any control when you have
clicked the button in the toolbar but not yet created a control. The
property sheet name will reflect that (default properties or so)

2. Is there a way to make the format of my existing form a
template of sorts so that when I create new forms all
elements (header, details sections,etc) have that same
formatting?

Check the 5th menu item when a form is open in design mode. I guess it
is named Format but I don't have an English version of Access here.

 

[Melissa]

Thanks! It worked like a charm!

-----Original Message-----


You can adjust the default properties for any control when you have
clicked the button in the toolbar but not yet created a control. The
property sheet name will reflect that (default properties or so)

Check the 5th menu item when a form is open in design mode. I guess it
is named Format but I don't have an English version of Access here.

--
Bas Cost Budde
http://www.heuveltop.org/BasCB
but the domain is nl

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[Flic]

Although I don't really know the answer to these questions
I have a bit of a cheat. Once you have created fields you
may select all of them either by drawing a box around them
with your mouse or by selecting each whilst holding the
shift button down. Once you have done this then you can go
into the properties box and change everything at the same
time, this saves a lot of time and effort