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| | After you've opened the table you want to change in Design view, click in the field whose display format you want to modify (in this example, the List Date field). | -
| | In the property sheet, click in the Format field. A down arrow appears to the right of the field. | INTRODUCTION Access enables you to select a predesigned format for the entries in your table. For example, you can select one format to display numbers in a currency format ($19.99), or another to display numbers as a percentage (10%). You can also select a variety of date and time formats. | -
| | Click the down arrow and select the format you want to use from the list that appears. Here, date and time formats are available, because the field selected in step 1 is a Date/Time field. | -
| | The new format is selected. Click the Save button on the Standard toolbar found in the main Access window to save this change to the database table. | TIP Changing to Design View You can change to Design view from within Datasheet view by clicking the View button on the Standard toolbar in the main Access window. | TIP Adding Decimal Places For Number fields, you can set the number of decimal places displayed by typing a value in the Decimal Places field in the property sheet. | |