Writer Guide

More Controls toolbar
Specify a Literal Mask to restrict which data is
displayed from the data source.
Group Box
The group box control has two different uses
depending on whether wizards are on or off.
If wizards are on, creating a group box
launches the Group Element wizard. This
creates a group of option buttons (in which
only one may be selected at a time). In most
cases, using a group box is the best way to
create a set of option buttons.
If wizards are off, a group box is simply a visual
box to group together different controls. It has
no effect on the way the controls operate.
Table Control
Table Control is only useful with a data source.
If no data source is specified, you will be
prompted to choose one in the Table Element
Wizard. You then pick the fields to display and,
when design mode is off, the data appears in
the table. The table also includes controls to
step through the records.
Records can be added, deleted, and modified in
the table.
Navigation Bar
A navigation bar is the same as the Form
Navigation toolbar (View > Toolbars > Form
Navigation), but can be placed anywhere in
the document and be resized.
Form Design toolbar
Select
Select a form control to perform an action on
it.
Design mode on/off
Toggle between design mode on (to edit forms)
and design mode off (to use forms).
Control
Launch form control properties dialog box. This
dialog box can be kept open as different
controls are selected.
Form
Launch form properties dialog box, controlling
properties for the form as a whole, such as
which data source it connects to.
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