ACC2002: How to Edit the Text of Controls on a Data Access Page (299015)

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).

For a Microsoft Access 2000 version of this article, see 200398.

SUMMARY

To edit the text displayed in the following controls on a data access page

Bound HTML
Bound Hyperlink
Command Button
Hyperlink
Label (including labels attached to:)
- Check Box
- Dropdown List Box
- List Box
- Option Button
- Text Box
Rectangle
Scrolling Text (Marquee)

use one of the following methods:

Select the existing text, and then type the text that you want in the control.
Type the text in the InnerText property. This property is on the Other tab in the Property window. These controls have an InnerText property instead of a Caption property. A command button also has a Value property, which does the same thing as the InnerText property.

REFERENCES

For more information about the properties of controls in a data access page, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type data access page control properties in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.