824 Chapter 27 Create Simple Forms
Access creates a simple form based on the active table and displays the form in
Layout view. In this view, you can make adjustments to the layout and content of
the form by clicking the buttons on three Form Layout Tools contextual tabs.
Tip You don’t have to open a table to create a form based on it. You can simply click the
table in the Navigation pane to select it and then click the Form button in the Forms
group on the Create tab. But it is sometimes useful to have the table open behind the
form so that you can verify the form contents against the table contents.The first record in the table, displayed in Layout view.Troubleshooting The appearance of buttons and groups on the ribbon changes depending
on the width of the program window. For information about changing the appearance of
the ribbon to match our screen images, see “Modifying the Display of the Ribbon” at the
beginning of this book.
The Form tool has configured all the field names in the table as labels and all the
fields as text boxes. In the header at the top of the form, the name of the table
appears as a title, and the form icon appears as a placeholder for a logo.- Move the mouse pointer over the form, and click any label or text box control.
In Layout view, you can adjust the controls on the form, so any control you click
becomes selected, ready for manipulation.