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Change the appearance of the border of a control

1. Open a form, report, or data access page in Design view.
2. Click the control you want to change.
3. Do one of the following:

   Change the color of a border

   1. On the Form/Report Formatting or Page Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Line/Border Color .
   2. Click a color in the palette.

   Tip

   If you want to use the same color for another control, you can just click Line/Border Color (you don't have to click the arrow next to the button and pick the color again from the palette). If you want to set different colors for several controls at once, click the arrow next to Line/Border Color , click the horizontal bar at the top of the color palette, and drag it to another location. This way, you don't need to click Line/Border Color each time you want to apply a color.

   Change the width of a border

   1. On the Form/Report Formatting or Page Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to the Line/Border Width button.
   2. Click the border width you want.

   Tip

   If you want to use the same border width for another control, you can just click the Line/Border Width button (you don't have to click the arrow next to the button and pick the width again from the list).

   Make a border transparent

   1. On the Form/Report Formatting or Page Formatting toolbar, click the arrow next to Line/Border Color .
   2. Click the Transparent button on the palette.

   Make a border dotted, dashed, or solid

   1. Select the control, and then click Properties on the Form Design, Report Design or Page Design toolbar to open its property sheet.
   2. Do one of the following:

      In a form or report    In the BorderStyle property box, click the border style you want to apply.

      In a data access page    In the BorderStyle property box, type dotted, dashed, or solid.

      Note  In a data access page, you can't make a border dotted or dashed unless you have Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or later installed.

Note  In forms and reports, if the SpecialEffect property for the control is set to Raised, Sunken, Etched, or Chiseled, Microsoft Access changes the setting to Flat when you change the color, width or style of a border or make a border transparent.