The Format Menu is one of most useful features of Microsoft Access. I will try to cover as much as possible about this menu. Before I get started about the menu options, I want to talk a little about the short cuts available on the toolbar for easy formatting.

If you have the Formatting toolbar checked under View Menu, you will see something that looks like this

type        size    style


This is the fastest way to change the appearance of text in your document.

Font  type:

Just click on the drop down list box (type) to change the font type

Font size:

Click on the drop down list box (size) to change the font size

Font style:

If you want to change the text to bold, italic or underline, just select the text and then click on the appropriate option



This lets you make the text bold for more visual effect



This makes the text italic to give it a different appeal



This make the text underline for more stress

You can use a combination of the above formats to give the text more visual effect

The other way to change the format is to use the drop down men

Format Font


You can also format the cells in the data table.

Format Cells

Row Height:

If you want to change the row height, there are two ways. The short cut is as below



The other way is to use the Format Menu

Format Row Height

Column Width:

If you want to change the column width, there are two ways. The short cut is as below



The other way is to use the Format Menu

Format Column Width

Freeze Columns:

This option lets you freeze a particular column if you want to look at data that is not immediately visible on the computer screen. It is similar in function to Freeze Panes in Excel