You can use the Left and Top properties to specify an object's location on a form or report. For example, you might want a control to be always positioned in the upper-right corner of a section.
Setting
A control's location is the distance measured from its left or top border to the left or top edge of the section containing the control. Setting the Left or Top property to 0 places the control's edge at the very left or top of the section. To use a unit of measurement different from the setting in the Regional Settings Properties dialog box in Windows Control Panel, specify the unit, such as cm or in (for example, 3 cm or 2 in).
In Visual Basic, use a numeric expression to set the value of this property. Values are expressed in twips.
For controls, you can set these properties by using a control's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic.
For reports, you can set these properties only by using a macro or event procedure in Visual Basic while the report is in Print Preview or being printed.
Remarks
When you move a control, its new Left and Top property settings are automatically entered in the property sheet. When you view a form or report in Print Preview or when you print a form, a control's location is determined by its Left and Top property settings along with the margin settings in the Page Setup dialog box, available by clicking Page Setup on the File menu.
For reports, the Top property setting is the amount the current section is offset from the top of the page; the Left property setting is the amount the current section is offset from the left edge of the page. Both property settings are expressed in twips. You can use these properties to specify how far down the page you want a section to print in the section's Format event procedure.