Adding a tab control
You can add a tab control to a layout to organize objects and make data entry easier.
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Choose the Default Front Tab.
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When you switch from Layout mode to another mode, the front tab panel is the one you specify for Default Front Tab. When you switch to Layout mode from another mode, the front tab panel is the one that was last displayed in the other mode.
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Choose Tab Justification options: Left, Center, Right, or Full.
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Choose Tab Width options: Label Width, Label Width + Margin, Width of Widest Label, Minimum of, or Fixed Width of.
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For Label Width + Margin, Minimum of, or Fixed Width of, choose a units option: Inches, Centimeter or Points, then enter a value in the box.
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Click OK.
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To add objects to the tab panel, choose items from the layout tools in the status toolbar, from the Insert menu, or drag objects onto the tab panel.
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For more information on adding fields and other objects, see Placing and removing fields on a layout and Drawing and inserting objects on a layout.
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You can format the appearance of one or more tab panels to be conditional (for example, format a tab panel to appear red when a certain condition is met). See Defining conditional formatting for layout objects.
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