You may decide you want to make modifications to the layout of an auto form. Auto forms make a good starting point for designing your own customized forms.
Click on the Design button on the toolbar or select the Design command from the View menu.
Forms switches from browse to design mode and the toolbar changes to the Draw toolbar.
Design mode works in a similar way to the Draw module – you can add and edit text boxes and graphical elements (see Creating a drawing for information on how to use the Draw module).
Ability allows you to reposition fields in the form and to insert various types of object: database fields, formula fields, summary fields, table grids, page numbers, date and time, pictures, and other objects (see Creating a new form for information on how to use these).
If you have made any changes to the form while in design mode, you will be asked if you want to save the changes when you try to switch to Grid View or close the form. You will then be asked to give the form a name. This form will now be classed as a Saved Form, rather than an auto form, and will be attached to the relevant table. Next time you are in the table and you switch to Form View, a "Change Form Type" dialog will be opened, which will give you the opportunity of choosing a new auto form view or the named (saved) form view. You can create as many named form views, attached to the one table, as you like. These can be opened directly from Database Manager (see Opening an existing form).
To go back to working with your data, switch to browse mode by selecting the Browse button on the toolbar or the Browse command from the View menu.
See Editing fields in forms and reports for information on editing and moving fields in form design mode.