mail_ssb@yahoo.com (ssb) wrote in message news:<de8e098d.0408031043.426130ed@posting.google. com>...[color=blue]
> Hello,
>
> I have multiple forms in my access application. I want all the forms
> to have consistent formatting for fields appearing on the forms (i.e.
> same background color, fonts, font color etc).
>
> Obviously, it can be done manually. But is there some template
> mechanism which when applied to the forms, they automatically get
> required formatting?[/color]
Yes, there is a way to format a Form to your desired appearance and
then take a menu action to use that as a template. Unfortunately, I
didn't find it carried with it the details for controls, etc., so what
I did was to create a Form with formatting done "my way" including
controls that I might want to use... then I copied that as the basis
for new forms. If you copy the controls, you don't get event code and
I generally don't want it, but you do get the properties.
Another, even easier way, is to use the bog-standard Access defaults.
You may not find them as attractive, but you don't have to do anything
to carry them forward.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
