Searching the Help
To search for information in the Help, type a word or phrase in the Search box. When you enter a group of words, OR is inferred. You can use Boolean operators to refine your search.
Results returned are case insensitive. However, results ranking takes case into account and assigns higher scores to case matches. Therefore, a search for "cats" followed by a search for "Cats" would return the same number of Help topics, but the order in which the topics are listed would be different.
Words and Phrases
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| A single word | cat
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Topics that contain the word "cat". You will also find its grammatical variations, such as "cats". |
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A phrase. You can specify that the search results contain a specific phrase. |
"cat food" (quotation marks) |
Topics that contain the literal phrase "cat food" and all its grammatical variations. Without the quotation marks, the query is equivalent to specifying an OR operator, which finds topics with one of the individual words instead of the phrase. |
Using Boolean Operators
| Search for | Operator | Example |
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Two or more words in the same topic |
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| Either word in a topic |
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| Topics that do not contain a specific word or phrase |
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| Topics that contain one string and do not contain another | ^ (caret) |
cat ^ mouse
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| A combination of search types | ( ) parentheses |
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Setting properties
When you select a control object, the properties view displays the type of control you have selected and the properties that apply to that object. Some properties are common to all control or layout objects, while others are object specific. The Forms Designer online Help contains a description of each control and its corresponding properties.
You can use the dynamic view dependencies feature to conditionally display some controls or conditionally change how some controls appear on a form.
Properties for a design object can be divided into the following categories:
- Common properties
- Font properties
- Box properties
- Object specific properties
Related concepts
Form creation
Forms Designer
Creating and editing forms
Using the drawing canvas
Forms Designer properties view
Enabling HTML in forms
Forms Designer best practices
Building accessible forms
Related tasks
Access Forms Designer
Create a form using the Form Wizard
Update a form
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