Part I: Access Building Blocks
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Placing controls on the report
Access takes full advantage of drag-and-drop capabilities of Windows. The method for placing
controls on a report is no exception:- Click the Add Existing Fields button in the Tools group of the Design ribbon tab.
The Field List window appears.
- Choose a control in the Toolbox if you want to use something other than the default con-
trol types for the fields. - Select each field that you want on your report and then drag them to the appropriate sec-
tion of the Report Design window.
Select multiple fields by holding down the Ctrl key as you click on fields in the Field List.
Depending on whether you choose one or several fields, the mouse pointer changes
shape to represent your selection as you drag fields onto the report.
The fields appear in the detail section of the report, as shown in Figure 9.28. Notice that
for each field you dragged onto the report, there are two controls. When you use the
drag-and-drop method of placing fields, Access automatically creates a label control with
the field name attached to the Text control to which the field is bound.
FIGURE 9.28
The report with several fields added