Changing the Look of Forms 835
- Repeat steps 11 and 12 to set the Font Size and Font Weight properties of the
selected controls to 8 and Bold. - With the controls still selected, set the Back Style property to Normal.
Although you can’t see any change, the background of the labels is no longer
transparent.- Click the Back Color property, and then click the Ellipsis button at the right
end of the property.
This Ellipsis button has different names and serves different purposes for different
properties. In this case, clicking the Ellipsis button displays a color palette.
The colors in this palette reflect the color scheme that is part of the Austin theme.- Under Theme Colors in the palette, click the third box (Light Green, Background 2).
The background of all the controls changes to light green.
Tip If the Back Color palette doesn’t include a color you want to use, click More
Colors at the bottom of the gallery, select a color on the Standard or Custom page of
the Colors dialog box, and then click OK to set the color and add it to the list of recent
colors at the bottom of the gallery.- Set the Special Effect property to Shadowed, and the Border Color property to
the fifth box under Theme Colors in the color palette (Green, Accent 1).