spacing between boxes

[Guest]

Is there a fast way to standardize the spacing between boxes in a form? For
example I have columns of labels and text boxes that I would like to all have
the same spacing between each, and of course line up properly. I know that
the Wizard does this automatically but I've had to modify certain forms for
different purposes.

2nd question: When this form prints, many items are blank. Is it possible to
prevent any blank labels and/or text boxes from printing? It's OK to see them
on the form, but printing all the blank boxes creates too many empty pages.

 

[Guest]

Select all the lables or text boxes that you want to have the same space
between them. click on the controls while you hold the shift key down, and
then in the toolbar select Format and there you have two options for spacing,
select the desired one

Form the second question, create a report and set the fields can grow/can
shrink properties to Yes.
What you are asking for, is the perfect job for a report, and not for a form.
When you print the form, you print what you see.

 

[Guest]

Thanks, the spacing worked great, but I changed the appropriate fields
grow/shrink option to YES but the report still prints blank records. I then
tried it for all the fields in the report and still the same result.

 

[Guest]

Have you set the CanShring property of the section where the text boxes are
in to Yes?

 

[Guest]

I did do that, but I think I now know what the problem is. I have
corresponding labels on the same horizontal line as the text boxes.
Apparently those won't shrink when the text boxes do. I had to set it up that
way because I have too many headings to use columns. The labels and text
boxes are arranged down the pages:

Agency1: $1000
Agency2: $1500
Agency3: $500
Agency4: (blank)
Agency5: $25

And so forth. Hopefully there is a way around this?

 

[Guest]

You can link the lable to the text box.
Select the lable and cut (ctrl + x), then select the corresponding text box
and paste (ctrl + v), that should link the lable to the text box.