Microsoft Access 2010 Bible

Chapter 8: Working with Data on Access Forms

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Property Description Option Definition

Cycle Determines how Tab works in the last field
of a record.

All Records: Tabbing from the last field of a

record moves to the next record.

Current Record: Tabbing from the last field

of a record moves to the first field of that

record.

Current Page: Tabbing from the last field of

a record moves to the first field of the cur-

rent page.

Menu Bar Used to specify an alternate menu bar. N/A

Toolbar Use this property to specify the toolbar to
use for the form. You can create a toolbar for
your form by selecting the Customize option
under the Toolbar command in the View
menu.

N/A

Custom
Ribbon ID

Name of custom ribbon to apply on open. N/A

Shortcut
Menu

Determines whether shortcut (right-click)

menus are available.

Yes/No

Shortcut
Menu Bar

Specifies the name of an alternate shortcut

menu bar.

N/A

Fast Laser
Printing

Prints rules instead of lines and rectangles. Yes/No

Help File Name of compiled Help file to assign cus-
tom help to the form.

N/A

Help Context
Id

ID of context-sensitive entry point in the

Help file to display.

N/A

Tag Use this property to store extra information
about your form.

N/A

Has Module Use this property to show if your form has a
class module. Setting this property to No
removes the VBA code module attached to
the form.

N/A

Use Default
Paper Size

Use the default paper size when printing. Yes/No

Adding a Form Header or Footer

Although the form’s Detail section usually contains the majority of the controls that display data,

there are other sections in a form that you can add: