Part I: Access Building Blocks
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- In the Format tab’s Font group, change the Font Size to 14, click the Bold button,
and change Font Color to blue. - Resize the labels and text boxes so the larger text fits.
Remember: You can double-click any of the sizing handles to autosize the controls.
As you click the commands, the controls’ appearances change to reflect the new selec-
tions (shown in Figure 7.22). The fonts in each control increase in size, become bold,
and turn blue. Any changes you make apply to all selected controls.
FIGURE 7.22
A typical form containing multiple controls.When multiple controls are selected, you can also move the selected controls together. When the
cursor changes to the four-directional arrow, click and drag to move the selected controls. You can
also change the size of all the controls at once by resizing one of the controls in the selection. All
the selected controls increase or decrease by the same number of units.Grouping controls
If you routinely change properties of multiple controls, you might want to group them together.
To group controls together, select the controls by holding down the Shift key and clicking them or
dragging the selection box through them. After the desired controls are selected, select the Group
command from the Arrange tab’s Size/Space group. A box appears around the selected controls, as
shown in Figure 7.23, indicating that they’re grouped together.After you’ve grouped the controls together, whenever you click any of the controls inside the
group, the entire group is selected. Double-click on a control to select just that one control. After a
single control in the group is selected, you can click on any other control to select it.