Chapter 5. Laying Out Forms

In this chapter, you will learn how to:

  • Establish a strategy to maintain consistency in overall form layout and design

  • Set default view widths and specify the default font family and size for each control type

  • Add a layout table with a standard title and empty row to contain other form design elements

  • Add a layout table and insert controls in its cells

  • Decorate layout tables with borders of varying widths

  • Add a repeating table to a form, calculate default values, and format numeric cells for currency and percentage values

  • Embed existing layout and repeating tables in a new layout table with a title

  • Draw tables using a freehand pencil and eraser cursors

For more information:

  • See Chapter 7, “Formatting Forms,” for additional ...

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