Specifications

Working in the Report painter
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❖ To select neighboring multiple controls in a report in the Design view
(lasso selection):
1 Press and hold the left mouse button at one corner of the neighboring
controls.
2 Drag the mouse over the controls you want to select.
A bounding box (the lasso) displays.
3 Release the mouse button.
All the controls in the bounding box are selected.
❖ To select non-neighboring multiple controls in a report in the Design
view:
1 Click the first control.
2 Press and hold the Ctrl key and click additional controls.
All the controls you click are selected.
❖ To select controls by type in the report:
• Do one of the following:
• Select Edit>Select>Select All to select all controls
• Select Edit>Select>Select Text to select all text
• Select Edit>Select>Select Columns to select all columns
❖ To select controls by position in the report:
• Do one of the following:
• Select Edit>Select>Select Above to select all controls above the
currently selected control
• Select Edit>Select>Select Below to select all controls below it
• Select Edit>Select>Select Left to select all controls to the left of it
• Select Edit>Select>Select Right to select all controls to the right of it
❖ To select controls in a report in the Control List view:
1 Select View>Control List from the menu bar.
2 Click a control in the list.
3 Press and hold the Ctrl key and click additional controls if desired.