10 Minute Guide to Microsoft Access 2002

You can also change the width or height of a label or control. Separating a label from its control, as discussed in the previous section, provides you with the room to resize the label or the control independently. To change a label's or control's width (length), follow these steps:

1. Click the label or the control to select it. If you are going to resize the control itself, be sure you click the control. Selection handles (small boxes) appear around it.

2. Position the mouse pointer on either the right or left of the label or control until the mouse pointer becomes a sizing tool (a horizontal double-headed arrow, as shown in Figure 13.3).

   Figure 13.3. You can change the size of a label or control by dragging a sizing box.

3. Drag the label's or control's sizing handle to increase or decrease the length as needed. Then release the mouse button.