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- macro
- A set of actions saved together that you can execute at an
event. For example you could attach to a form button a macro that
opens a particular report when the button is clicked.
- Macro Builder
- A dialog in which you can pick actions to create a macro.
- mailing labels
- A sheet of peel-off labels on which you print names with
addresses. There are many different sizes of labels available.
- main form
- A form which contains a subform. Also called the Parent.
- main report
- A report which contains a subreport or subform. Also called
the Parent.
- Make-Table query
- A query which creates a new table from the datasheet.
- margins
- The white space around the outside of what is displayed or
printed. The Page Setup dialog controls the top, bottom, left and
right margins of a page for printing.
- Max function
- A function which picks out the largest value in a particular
field in a query. For text values, Max picks the first value in
alphabetical order.
Syntax: Max (expr)
where expr is an expression that identifies the field or is
an expression that does a calculation on that field
Examples:
Max([Price]) returns the largest number in the
Price field.
Max ([FullName]) returns the last name alphabetically in the field FullName.
- memo field
- A text data type that allows for long text entries, up to
65,535 characters.
- metadatabase
- A database about other databases or that contains records of
other databases.
- Microsoft Graph
- A program which comes with Microsoft Office for creating and
editing embedded charts. This program cannot open on its own, but
only when called from inside an MS Office program.
- Min function
- A function which picks out the smallest value in a particular
field in a query. For text values, Min picks the first value in
the alphabetical order.
Syntax: Min (expr)
where expr is an expression that identifies the field or is
an expression that does a calculation on that field
Examples:
Min[Price]) returns the smallest number in the Price
field.
Min([FullName]) returns the first name alphabetically in the
field FullName.
- modal
- A modal form or window requires the user to make choices or
perform an action or else close the window before the user can
switch to another window or form.
- modeless
- Not modal.
- move
- To move objects in design view of a form or report
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 multiple
columns
- A report which arranges its records in two or columns on a
page. Records may go down the column and then across to the next
column, or they may go across the row and then drop down to the
next row.
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