Refining Your Form

Let's finish the chapter by doing a little work on the Orders Practice form to get it into better shape.

1.
Copy NiftyLionsEndChap11.mdb to your hard drive.
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Select frmOrdersPractice in the Forms section of the Database window and copy it to the Clipboard.
3.
Paste the copied form into the same section of the Database window.
4.
Rename the form frm[YourInitials]OrdersPracticeEnd. I had you add your initials so you can distinguish your form from the solution frmOrdersPracticeEnd in the same database.
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Open the form in Design view.
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Click the CustomerID text box. Press the Shift key and select CustFirstName, CustStreetAddress, CustCity, CustState, and CustFax. Choose Format, Vertical Spacing, Make Equal. Choose Format, Vertical ...

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