Access 2007: Use the New AutoFormat Themes

Contributor Icon Contributed by shamanstears Date Icon February 12, 2007  
Tag Icon Tagged: Microsoft Office

Access 2007 has introduced 25 new AutoFormat themes to be used on forms and reports. AutoFormat themes can be used to give your applications and/or reports a more professional look and feel with little effort on your part. To utilize AutoFormat themes…


1. Open a Form or Report.

2. While in the Form designer (or Report designer), select the Format tab.

3. Click AutoFormat and select a theme.

4. AutoPreview will allow to see how your form (or report) will look with the applied theme.

5. After you have applied the theme you desire, save the form (or report).

Previous recipe | Next recipe |
 
  • Pam
    What could keep the AutoFormat from being applied to my forms. It is doing the headers but the body is not changing. It is staying the orginal Dark Blue.
  • AccessUser
    Too late to help this user, but for others stumbeling over it:

    to be applied to the whole form, make sure to mark the whole form before applying via the little square in the upper left corner, between the horizontal and vertical rulers.

    If you have just a single item like a control selected, the autoform will just apply to that particular control.
blog comments powered by Disqus