Customize Options
You can customize the appearance of COM through control buttons.
The following table explains the changes you can apply on the selected sheets using the
control buttons:
| Option | Description | |
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| Move Up | Moves the selected heading (such as Last Name) up the list. The order in which headings appear in this list determines the order in which they appear on your screen. | |
| Move Up | Moves the selected heading down the list. The order in which headings appear in this list determines the order in which they appear on your screen. | |
| Style | Opens the dialog box where you can change the label and appearance of the selected field Field Style using the various options. | |
| Check/Check All |
Allows you to select which headings/fields on the list appear in your work grid. When a heading is selected, it appears in the grid. To check one at a time, highlight the item and then click Check. You can also click the check box itself to mark the heading. To select all items within the Fields frame quickly, click Check All. |
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| Clear/Clear All | Allows you to clear the items that you do not want to appear in the grid, either one at a time (Clear) or all at once (Clear All). | |
| Background | Controls the background color of the grid headings. All headings will be uniform; you can not choose to fill in the background of a single heading | |
| Add Form Frame | Allows you to organize related fields in a frame on the active screen. When you click the button, a new field is added to the Fields list. It is named FormFrame x, with x as the given number, for example, FormFrame1. The field is also shown on the screen. You can change the name of the field in the Field Style dialog box. | |
| Zebra | If selected, the background of the records in the grid appear in alternating lines of color. For example, the background of the first record is gray while the background of the second record is white. This pattern is repeated throughout the grid. | |
| Grid Lines |
Allows you to select the lines to which you want to apply the selected Style and Color options: Horizontal Vertical |
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| Style | Choose if you want the lines to appear continuously or broken: Solid, Dotted, Dashed | |
| Color | Choose the color of the lines from the color palette. | |
| Restore Defaults |
Restores the original settings of the grid layout. |
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