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Assign an access key to a control

When you assign an access key to a label or button on a form or report, you can press ALT + an underlined character to move the focus to the control that is attached to that label, or to the button. In a data access page, you assign the access key character to the control itself instead of to its label. You can then use ALT + that character to move the focus to that control.

1. Open a form, report, or data access page in Design view.
2. Do one of the following:

   Form or report

   1. Select the label or button that you want to assign the access key to, and then click Properties on the toolbar to open the control's property sheet.
   2. In the Caption property box, type an ampersand (&) immediately before the character that you want to use as the access key.

   Data access page

   1. Select the control that you want to assign the access key to, and then click Properties on the toolbar to open the control's property sheet.
   2. In the AccessKey property box, type the character you want to use as the access key.