Editing fields in forms and reports

You can change the position and size of any field in your form (or report) and edit the field's properties. To do this you need to be in form design mode (or report view):

Left-click on the field to resize it using the handles and to reposition it by dragging.

To change the properties of a field, left-click on the field to select it and then right-click and select Properties from the drop-down menu (alternatively, left-click on the field to select it and edit individual properties by selecting them from the Format menu). The "Format Object Style" dialog is displayed. Note that the properties accessible in the dialog depend on the type of field you are editing.

The following table lists the properties that you can edit:

Field property

Description

General

Data fields, data sources, formulas used in the field, etc.

Color

Background and foreground color of the field

Font

Font styles and sizes

Style

Pen and brush styles

Border

Border types

Align

Align the field's contents left, right or center

Control

Edit control type

Label

Edit placement and alignment of label

Attributes

Choose various field attributes e.g. Hide Zeros, Edit Source

Format

Display format for numbers, dates, and times