Add a tab control to a form to create a multiple-page form

1. Open a form in Design view.
   
   
2. In the toolbox, click the Tab Control tool and then click the form where you want to place the control.

   Microsoft Access adds a tab control with two pages. The first page is on top.

3. To add controls to the tab control, click the tab of the page you want to add controls to. Then add controls using any of the following methods:
   • Click Field List on the toolbar to display the field list and drag one or more fields to the tab page.
     
     
   • Click a tool in the toolbox and click on the tab page. You can add any type of control except another tab control.
     
     
   • Copy controls from another part of the form or from another page. (However, you can't drag controls from another part of a form or from another page.)
4. Use the following list for other tasks you might want to perform:
   • To change the caption displayed on a tab, double-click the tab to open its property sheet, and then specify a new caption in the Caption property. If you don't specify a caption in the Caption property, Microsoft Access uses the setting in the Name property.
     
     
   • To add, delete, or change the order of tabs, click the border of the tab control with the right mouse button and click Insert Page, Delete Page, or Page Order.
     
     
   • To change the tab order of controls on a page, click the page with the right mouse button and click Tab Order.
     
     
   • To change the font name, font size, font style, and so on, of the captions on tabs, double-click the border of the tab control to open its property sheet and then set the appropriate properties. You can't specify different settings for different tabs.
5. Size the tab control as appropriate. Click each tab to make sure all the controls fit well within each tab.

   Note   Microsoft Access won't crop controls when you size the tab control. You may need to move controls to make the tab control smaller.

6. Switch to Form view to test the control.

Notes

• For information on other properties you might want to set for a tab control, click .
  
  
• To see an example of a tab control, see the Employees form in the Northwind sample database. For information on opening the Northwind database, click .