separating label from text box - compound control

J

jb

When I put a textbox onto a form, the label is linked to the text box so
that if I were to hide the text box or move the text box, the label would
hide or move too. To stop this, I can delete the label and add a new label
control and then they are two separate controls. Can you re-link these at a
later time and if so, how? Also, instead of deleting a label associated
with a textbox, can you un-link them somehow? The group option sounds like
what I want, but it doesn't really work in the way I'm looking for in this
post. Thanks.

John
 
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Allen Browne

To re-associate a stand-alone label with a text box:
1. Select the label.
2. Cut to clipboard (Ctrl+X).
3. Select the text box.
4. Paste (Ctrl+V).
That assumes the form/report is open in design view.

You can un-associate the label from the text box by cutting it to clipboard,
selecting the (Detail?) section, and pasting.
 
J

JB

Excellent! I'm not sure if you will read/get this, but where in the heck did
you find this out? I searched many places (obviously not the right one) to
figure this out. Thanks again.

John
 
A

Allen Browne

No, worries, John.

Most of the books should cover this kind of thing. I suspect I probably
learned it from the Access version 1 manual. (Yes, Access did come with
printed manuals in those days.)
 
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