Term | Definition |
AutoFormat | An optional predefined set of colors, fonts, and design elements that you can apply to a form or report to change its appearance. |
Bound Control | A conrol in a form or report that is connected to a field in the record source and is used to desplay, enter, and update data. |
Control | An object in a form or report, such as a label or text box, that displays data from the record source on which the form or report is based. |
Control Layout | A "container" that groups together the controls in a form or report so that you can change the formatting of and move these controls as a group. |
Datasheet Tool | An Access tool that creates a form that looks like a datasheet. |
Detail Section | The section in Design view for a form or report that contains the datail records from the record source. |
Field List Pane | A pane in design view for a form or report that displays the tables and other objects in the database and the fields they contain. |
Find | A command that lets you specify how to locate data in a file. |
Form | A database object that displays data from one or more tables or queries in a format that has a similar appearance to a paper form. |
Form Footer Section | The section in design view for a form tat contains the information that is displayed at the bottom of the form. |
Form Header Selection | The section in Design view for a form that contains the information that is desplayed at the top of the form. |
Form Tool | An Access tool that creates a simple form that includes all the fields in the selected table or query. |
Form View | A view of a form that displays the data in the record source in a form. |
Form Wizard | An Access wizard that creates a form based on a record souce and using options that the user specifies to select the forms layout and style. |
Layout View | A view of a form or report that displays data from the record source and that lets you make certain types of changes to the form or report, such as increasing the size of a textbox control. |
Multiple Items View | An Access tool that creates a form that lists all the fields in the record source in a datasheet format. |
Record Source | The tables or queries that contain the data ussed in a form or report. |
Split Form Tool | An Access tool that creates a form using all the fields in the selected record source and splits the window into two panes, with one displaying the form in Form View and the other displaying the form in Datasheet view. |
Unbound Control | A control in a form or report that is not connected to a record source, such as a line, rectangle, or picture. |