| In an Access form you may
have fields that should not be edited or copied. Disabling or locking
these fields will speed data entry and also guarantee these fields do
not change. Changing
the Enable property of a field from Yes to No will
dim the field control as shown in the sample below with the Client ID
field. Data cannot be edited or selected/copied when a field is
disabled.
After changing the Lock
property of a field from No to Yes the field will have
normal display, data can be copied but not changed.
Changing Enable/Lock
Form Properties:
- Open the form in Design view.
- Right-mouse click on the field that requires the enable/lock
change.
- Select Properties.
- Click the All or Data tab and change the Enable
or the Lock settings.
To further speed up data entry
remove the Tab Stop from the field by following these steps.
- Open the form in Design view.
- Right-mouse click on the field that requires the removal of the
tab stop.
- Click the All or the Other tab and change the
Tab Stop setting from Yes to No.
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