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Lesson 5 | Customizing what you see 33

5. Select and Shift-select the labels and fields, then use the arrow keys to move the objects closer

to the Home Address 1 field.

Your layout should look similar to the following when you are finished.

Tip If you make mistakes while designing layouts, you can click Revert in the layout bar to

discard any unsaved changes, then start again.

6. Click Save Layout, then Exit Layout in the layout bar to see your results in Browse mode.

Add a field

After a field has been defined in a table, you can display it on any layout based on that table. In

the sample database, there are defined fields that are not on this layout. You will add one of these

fields now.

Note You can also place related fields from other tables on your layouts, as explained in lesson 11.

1. Click Edit Layout in the layout bar.

2. Click the Field tool in the status toolbar and drag the new field under the Date Paid field.

3. In the Specify Field dialog box, select Customer Since. Be sure that Create label is selected,

then click OK.

The Customer Since field appears on the layout.

4. Resize the new field by dragging a right handle so the field is the same size as the Date Paid field.

5. Select the field label and resize it so the entire label shows, if necessary.

Note You might need to adjust the alignment of label text.

6. Click Save Layout, then Exit Layout to check the new field and label in Browse mode.

7. Click New Record in the status toolbar.

You see today’s date entered in the Customer Since field in the new record. The current date

will be entered in the Customer Since field in each subsequent new record.

8. Click Delete Record, then click Delete to remove the empty record from the file.

Field tool

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