Introduction

By the end of this lesson, you should be able to:

• Edit form records

Editing form records

In the previous lesson, you learned to open an existing form, navigate a form, and add a form record.

Editing a form record is easy. If you can locate a record and type a correction, you can edit a form record.

To edit a form record:

• Using the status area to navigate the forms, display the form record you want to edit.
• The record displays on the screen.

Editing form records

To edit a form record:

• Select a word in the field to be modified. The existing data is selected, and a blinking insertion point appears.

• Type a correction.
• The corrected data will be saved with the record.

Challenge!

Edit a form record by doing the following:

• Open the Great Lake Elementary School database.
• In the database window, choose the Forms tab from the Objects palette.
• Double-click the New Student form to open it.
• Using the status area to navigate the forms, display any record. You may want to edit the record you created on Amanda Lewis from the previous challenge.
• Click any field you want to modify. The existing data is selected, and a blinking insertion point appears.
• Type a correction.
• The corrected data will be saved with the record.
• Close the New Student form.