Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 7: Creating Basic Access Forms

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Copying a control

You can create copies of any control by copying it to the Clipboard and then pasting the copies

where you want them. If you have a control for which you’ve entered many properties or specified

a certain format, you can copy it and revise only the properties (such as the control’s name and

bound field name) to make it a different control. This capability is useful with a multiple-page

form when you want to display the same values on different pages and in different locations, or

when copying a control from one form to another.

Deleting a control

You can delete a control by simply selecting it in the form’s Design view and pressing the Delete

key on your keyboard. The control and any attached labels will disappear. You can bring them

back by immediately selecting Undo from the Quick Access toolbar. You can also select Cut from

the Home ribbon’s Clipboard group or Delete from the Home ribbon’s Records group.

You can delete more than one control at a time by selecting multiple controls and pressing Delete.

You can delete an entire group of controls by selecting the group and pressing Delete. If you have a

control with an attached label, you can delete only the label by clicking the label itself and then

selecting one of the delete methods. If you select the control, both the control and the label are

deleted.

To delete only the label of the Description control, follow the next set of steps (this example

assumes that you have the Description text box control in your Form Design window):

1. Select the Description label control only.


2. Press Delete to remove the label from the form.