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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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