In Microsoft Access, you use properties to determine the characteristics of tables, queries, fields, forms, reports, and data access pages. Every section and control on a form, report, or data access page has properties as well. Control properties determine the structure, appearance, and behavior of a control, as well as the characteristics of the text or data it contains.
You set properties by using the property sheet. For example, the following illustration shows the property sheet for a TotalSales control on a report. The Format property for this control is set to Currency.
The title bar
shows the type and name of the selected object.
Each tab displays properties of a specific category.
The values
displayed in the TotalSales control will be formatted as currency.