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Forms Design Tools - Arrange Tab: Groups/Buttons Description

The Arrange Tab in Access is used to format forms. It contains groups and buttons to insert rows and columns, select layout elements, merge and split controls, move controls, set control properties like size and spacing, and adjust control layering by bringing objects forward or sending them back. The Sizing and Reordering group is only available in Design View to change control size and spacing.

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Forms Design Tools - Arrange Tab: Groups/Buttons Description

The Arrange Tab in Access is used to format forms. It contains groups and buttons to insert rows and columns, select layout elements, merge and split controls, move controls, set control properties like size and spacing, and adjust control layering by bringing objects forward or sending them back. The Sizing and Reordering group is only available in Design View to change control size and spacing.

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Forms Design Tools -Arrange Tab

This ribbon is used to change the formatting of forms in Access. There are three tabs within this
ribbon that can be used to perform different tasks in relation to the form. The table below lists and
describes the tabs, groups, and buttons available on the Arrange Tab. This tab is available in both
Layout View and Design View, except the Sizing and Reordering Group. This group is only
available in Design View.

Groups/Buttons Description
Table Group
Gridlines This option is used to insert borders around a selected section of a
form.
Stacked Use this button to create a form similar to a paper form. The fields will
appear on the left and the data on the right.
Tabular To create a form with the field names at the top and the data displayed in
columns below the headings, click this button. This form will look similar
to a worksheet.
Remove Layout Click this button to remove the layout applied to controls.
Rows & Columns Group
Insert Above This button is used to insert a row above another row in a form.
Insert Below To insert a row below another row in a form, click this button.
Insert Left Use this button to insert a new column to the left of the selected column in
a form.
Insert Right Click this button to insert a column to the right of the selected column in a
form.
Select Layout To select the entire layout of the form, click this button. One of the controls
in the form must be selected before the button is clicked. Otherwise the
layout will not be selected.
Select Column This button is used to select one column in a form. One control in the
column must be selected before this button is clicked in order to select the
column.
Select Row Use this button to select a row within the form. At least one control must
be selected before the button is clicked. Otherwise the row will not be
selected.

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Groups/Buttons Description
Merge/Split Group
Merge Click this button to merge two or more controls so they appear as one. The
items must be selected before the merge button is selected.
Split Vertically This button is used to split the selected control into two separate rows.
Split Horizontally To split the selected control into two separate columns, click this button.
Move Group
Move Up Use this button to move controls up in the form.
Move Down Click this button to move controls down in the form.
Position Group
Control Margins This property button is used to control the spacing around the text inside a
control.
Control Padding This is a property button that is used to control the spacing around the
outside of a control.
Anchoring To tie a control to a section of another control so that it moves or is resized
in conjunction with movement or resizing of the parent, click this button.
Sizing and Ordering Group
Size/Space Use this button to change the sizing or spacing of controls in the form.
When the button is clicked a list of possible options will appear.
Align Click this button to apply alignment features to a control or set of controls.
A list of possible options will appear.
Bring to Front To bring the selected object in front of all other objects so that no part of it
is hidden behind another object, click this button.
Send to Back This button is used to send a selected object behind all other objects.

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