Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 7: Creating Basic Access Forms

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FIGURE 7.18

The Arrange tab lets you move and resize controls, as well as manipulate the form’s overall layout.

Resizing a control

You resize controls using any of the smaller handles in the upper, lower, and right edges of the

control. The sizing handles in the control corners let you drag the control larger or smaller in both

width and height — and at the same time. Use the handles in the middle of the control sides to

size the control larger or smaller in one direction only. The top and bottom handles control the

height of the control; the left and right handles change the control’s width.

When the mouse pointer touches a corner handle of a selected control, the pointer becomes a diag-

onal double arrow. You can then drag the sizing handle until the control is the desired size. If the

mouse pointer touches a side handle in a selected control, the pointer changes to a horizontal or

vertical double-headed arrow. Figure 7.19 shows the Description control after being resized.

Notice the double-headed arrow in the corner of the Description control.

FIGURE 7.19

Resizing a control