Operation Manual

1) Right-click Breakfast and select Position and Size. On the Position and Size dialog,
change Width to 2 cm.
2) Repeat for the other listed controls, using 3 cm for MiscPayment.
Caution
When changing the position or size of an entire control, use the Position and Size
dialog or the drag and drop method.
When working with either the label or the field (but not both at the same time), you can
use the Properties dialog to make these changes when you want to be exact. However,
you need to be careful not to accidentally select the entire control for use with the
Properties dialog or you will apply exactly the same values to both the label and field.
For example, if you enter the values for a new position, both the field and the label
moves to the same position and the field is positioned on top of the label. Then you will
have to move each of them to where you really want them.
Tip
To open the Properties dialog, right-click a control and select Control from the pop-up
menu. Or, you can click the Control icon in the Form Controls toolbar. Just be careful,
and use Control+Z to undo any mistakes you may make. Detailed instructions on how
to use the Properties window are given in the Base Guide.
Step 6: Change the Misc. Notes field
We want the Misc. Notes control, which has a field type of Memo, to have a vertical scroll bar for
additional text space if desired.
Figure 227: Scroll bar selections in the Properties window
1) Control+click the Misc. Notes field. The green handles should surround the field but not its
label.
2) Click the Control icon to open the Properties window (Figure 227).
3) Scroll down to the Text type property with single-line as the default value.
– Change it to Multi-line.
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