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| Bound Control | A control that is tied to a specific underlying field in an Access query or table to display the data in that field. |
| Calculated Control | An unbound control (usually a text box) that contains an expression that calculates the values in other controls in an Access form or report. |
| Combo Box | A bound control used to display a list of possible entries for a field in which you can also type an entry from the keyboard. It is a "combination" of the list box and text box controls. |
| Control | An object on an Access form or report that displays data, performs an action, or adds graphics to the form or report (examples are text boxes, image controls, option buttons, labels, command buttons, and sub-form controls). |
| Expression | A formula that calculates a value or defines criteria; In Access, used to calculate new values or to specify which records should be displayed. |
| Form Wizard | A tool which guides you through the initial development of the form. Your responses determine the record source, style, and layout of the Form. |
| Label Control | An unbound control that displays text. |
| Layout View | An Access view that lets you make some design changes to a form or report while you are browsing the data. |
| List Box Control | A bound control that displays a list of possible choices for the user. |
| Property Sheet | A window that displays an exhaustive list of properties for the chosen control, section, or object within the Form Design View or Report Design View. |
| Sections | A part of an Access form or report that contains a specific type of data, such as a header, footer, or detail section. |
| Split Form | A form that shows you two views of the same data at one time: a traditional form and a datasheet view. |
| Tab Order | The order in which the focus moves from control to control on a form when you press the tab key. |
| Text Box Button | A button that you use to add a text box and associated label to a form or report in Design View. |
| Unbound Control | A control that is not tied to a specific field in a query or table; used to display general information or to perform calculation on the values inother controls in a form or report. |
| AutoForm | An Access form that is created automatically by the Form Wizard with no user input. |
| AutoFormat | A predefined format that you can apply to a form or report to set the background picture, font, color and alignment formatting choices. |
| Tab Stop | In Access, this refers to whether you can tab into a control when entering or editing data; in other words, whether the control can receive the focus. |
