On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Helen Medland wrote: > bill purvis wrote: > > I'm still feeling my way with Base, so forgive my ignorance. > > I've had a couple of tries at setting up a Form to edit records in my > > database. I used the Wizard to do the initial layout as I can't > > figure out how to get things going in Design View (must get the rest > > of the documents read...). My fields are of various sizes, so I tweaked > > the layout and sizes to suit. I'm using the rightmost option on the > > layout choice - looks like random size and position? > > The field boxes are fine, but whenever I change the size I lose part > > of the label. Since a couple of my fields are just single character > > flags, if I shrink the box down to an appropriate size I get virtually > > no label at all! How can I override this and have the label in full. > > In some cases the label should be longer than the field box. > > > > Bill > > Hi Bill > > You can select the label only, or the field only, by using Ctrl+click, > and thereby adjust the sizes independently. > > Helen Thanks, I just found that in the 'Starting with Base' document. I really should do more reading. I deserve a kick in the pants!
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