Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 7: Creating Basic Access Forms

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Resizing the form area

The white area of the form is where you work. This is the size of the form when it’s displayed. Resize

the white area of the form by placing the cursor on any of the area borders and dragging the border

of the area to make it larger or smaller. Figure 7.12 shows a blank form in Design view being resized.

FIGURE 7.12

Design view of a blank form. Resize the form area by dragging the bottom-right corner.

Form design surface Sizing cursor

Saving your form

You can save the form at any time by clicking on the Save button in the Quick Access toolbar.

When you’re asked for a name for the form, give it a meaningful name (for example, frmProd-

ucts, frmCustomers, frmProductList.) Once you’ve given the form a name, you won’t be

prompted the next time you click Save.

When you close a form after making changes, Access asks you to save it. If you don’t save a form,

all changes since you opened the form (or since you last clicked Save) are lost. You should fre-

quently save the form while you work if you’re satisfied with the results.

Tip
If you’re going to make extensive changes to a form, you might want to make a copy of the form. For example,
if you want to work on the form frmProducts, you can copy and then paste the form in the Navigation Pane,
giving it a name like frmProductsOriginal. Later, when you’ve completed your changes and tested them,
you can delete the original copy.