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I am using a Korean version of Access and I do not read Korean well enough to
be able to understand the menus quickly. If you can tell me the location of
the menu item or tool, I can figure out how to make it work

I am making a grid of text fields in a report. All the fields are the same
size. I would like to know if it is possible to tell the text fields to line
themselves up next to each other and ontop of each other?

I need to do this ASAP so any help would be greatly appreciated.
 
* CUSTOMIZING YOUR FORM/REPORT DESIGN TOOLBAR:

when you are in the design view of a form or report, RIGHT-CLICK in a
gray area to the right of your menu bar or an icon bar

choose "Customize" from the shortcut menu

in the dialog box...

choose the *Commands* tab

Category --> *Form/Report Design*

slide these icons to the Form Design toolbar:
(they are located about 3 "screens" down in the Commands list)

Align Right -- must have >1 control selected to be enabled
Align Left -- "
Align Top -- "
Align Bottom -- "
Bring To Front
Send To Back

If you don't know what these icons do, while the customize window is
open, click on the DESCRIPTION command button for each one to see what
is does.

to be efficient, the Align button are a MUST for form and report design

the Bring To Front and Send To Back are nice to have too -- since
everything is "layered" and this gives you control on the order

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It is also a good idea to open the property sheet
(from the menu --> View, Properties)

on the Format tab, you can set values such as width, height, left, top, ...

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in order to align, you have to have more than one control selected

to select multiple controls:

1. click and drag an imaginary line (or rectangle) touching every
control you want to select and then let go of the mouse

OR

2. click (and drag if desired) in the vertical ruler to select
everything on that extended horizontal line (or rectangle)

OR

3. click (and drag if desired) in the horizontal ruler to select
everything on that extended vertical line (or rectangle)

OR

4. click the first object and then SHIFT-CLICK objects to toggle their
selection status


Warm Regards,
Crystal
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(: have an awesome day :)
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