Form design (formatting)

[Linda RQ]

Hi Everyone,

I want my forms to look nice now. I've been looking around on the sites I
have collected from visiting the newsgroups here but haven't seen any
examples of how others have been creative in making forms look nice. I
specifically want to make my entry form to look good. It's basically blank
now with hyperlinks to the main data entry form and the report my current
users use. My idea is to create a blackboard or bulletin boare of sorts to
communicate new enhancements to the database, maybe a weekly message, etc...

Anybody have any examples?

Thanks,
Linda

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

There are a number of templates at the Microsoft Access website:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?av=ZAC

which may have a form that suits you..

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

I am considering making a "collection" of screen shots....

At anyrate....

Here is some ideas for some forms:

http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/Articles/Grid.htm

and, I do have some more screen shots here:
http://www.kallal.ca/ridestutorialp/index.html

They might give you some ideas....

 

[Keith Wilby]

Hi Everyone,

I want my forms to look nice now. I've been looking around on the sites I
have collected from visiting the newsgroups here but haven't seen any
examples of how others have been creative in making forms look nice. I
specifically want to make my entry form to look good. It's basically
blank now with hyperlinks to the main data entry form and the report my
current users use. My idea is to create a blackboard or bulletin boare of
sorts to communicate new enhancements to the database, maybe a weekly
message, etc...

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but FWIW I think that simple is best.
By that I mean the default grey forms with white text controls that comes
with the "classic" windows theme. It's tempting to "jazz up" your forms and
I've seen some examples where I've needed sun glasses to look at them, but
at the end of the day you have many users to please and "buy in" to you app
may have a great deal to do with how it looks, so for me the "passive" look
is the one I tend to favour. It also demonstrates a certain maturity IMO
and users are far more likely to take it seriously and not as some sort of
jokey toy.

HTH - Keith.
www.keithwilby.com

 

[Linda RQ]

Thanks, Albert. This is exactly what I need to see.

Linda

 

[Linda RQ]

Thanks, Arvin.

There are a number of templates at the Microsoft Access website:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/templates/CT101527321033.aspx?av=ZAC

which may have a form that suits you..
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
http://www.accessmvp.com

 

[Linda RQ]

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder but FWIW I think that simple is best.
By that I mean the default grey forms with white text controls that comes
with the "classic" windows theme. It's tempting to "jazz up" your forms
and I've seen some examples where I've needed sun glasses to look at them,
but at the end of the day you have many users to please and "buy in" to
you app may have a great deal to do with how it looks, so for me the
"passive" look is the one I tend to favour. It also demonstrates a
certain maturity IMO and users are far more likely to take it seriously
and not as some sort of jokey toy.

HTH - Keith.
www.keithwilby.com

Thanks, Keith. I don't necessarily want to jazz things up, I just want to
see how others have presented their data so it's organized and easy for the
users to understand.

Linda