Change tab order in a form

1. Open the form in Design view.
   
   
2. On the View menu, click Tab Order.
   
   
3. Under Section, click the section you want to change.
   
   
4. Do one of the following:
   • If you want Microsoft Access to create a left-to-right and top-to-bottom tab order, click Auto Order.
     
     
   • If you want to create your own custom tab order, click the selector for the control you want to move. (Click and drag to select more than one control at a time.) Click the selector again and drag the control to the desired location in the list.
5. Click OK.
   
   
6. Switch to Form view to test the tab order. (In Design view, the tab order is always the order in which you created the controls.)

Notes

• If you want to be able to select a control on a form, but you don't want to include that control in the tab order, set its TabStop property to No.
  
  
• You can also specify which record or page to move the focus to when you press the TAB key in the last field in the current record.

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