Copy or move a control or other item

1. Select the items you want to copy or move.
2. Do one of the following:

   To copy the item, click Copy on the toolbar.

   To move the item, click Cut on the toolbar.

3. Click the location where you want to place the item.
4. Click Paste on the toolbar.

Notes

You can use the Microsoft Office Clipboard to collect and paste multiple data items such as records or groups of records, or the contents of fields or controls. However, you cannot use the Office Clipboard to collect items such as controls, macro actions, or database objects.

To a limited extent, you can determine where Microsoft Access pastes a control. If you select a section, Access pastes the control in the upper-left corner of the section. If you select a control near the area where you want to paste the control, Access pastes the control just below the selected control. Note, however, that if you paste a label on a form or report, and the control that you select doesn't have an attached label, Access attaches the label to the selected control.

1. In Design view of a form, report, or data access page, select the control you want to duplicate. If the control has an attached label, click the control, not the label.
2. On the Edit menu, click Duplicate.

   Microsoft Access pastes the control just below the control you selected.

3. If you want to create another evenly spaced control, click Duplicate again.

   Microsoft Access places the control beneath the most recently pasted control, even if you moved that control.