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> In the Sizing & Ordering section, click Size/Space and click Decrease Vertical > > > >
 * [[image:http://www.functionx.com/images/practical1.gif width="19" height="18"]]Practical Learning: Spacing the Ranges of Controls Vertically ||
 * 1) Start Microsoft Access
 * 2) Open the Bethesda Car Rental1 database from the previous lesson
 * 3) In the Navigation Pane, right-click Company Assets and click Design View
 * 4) Press Ctrl + A to select all controls
 * 5) On the Ribbon, click Arrange if necessary.
 * 1) On the Ribbon, click Arrange if necessary.
 * 1) Again, click Size/Space -> Decrease Vertically continually until the controls from one range touch the controls on the upper range
 * 1) Click Size/Space -> Increase Vertical twice
 * 1) Save the form
 * 2) Right-click the title bar of the form and click Form View

> In the Controls section, right-click the Text Box control and click Drop Multiple Controls
 * [[image:http://www.functionx.com/images/practical1.gif width="19" height="18"]]Practical Learning: Stacking Some Controls ||
 * 1) On the Ribbon, click Create
 * 2) In the Forms section, click Form Design
 * 3) On the Ribbon, click Design if necessary.
 * 1) On the Ribbon, click Design if necessary.
 * 1) Click the top-center section of the form
 * 2) Click the left-middle section of the form
 * 3) Click the bottom-right section of the form
 * 4) In the Controls section, click the Select button [[image:http://www.functionx.com/access/controls/select1.gif width="39" height="40" caption="Select"]]
 * 5) Press Ctrl + A to select all three text boxes
 * 6) On the Ribbon, click Arrange
 * 7) In the Table section, click Stacked

> In the Controls section, right-click the Button control and click Drop Multiple Controls
 * [[image:http://www.functionx.com/images/practical1.gif width="19" height="18"]]Practical Learning: Stacking Some Controls 2 ||
 * 1) On the Ribbon, click Design if necessary.
 * 1) On the Ribbon, click Design if necessary.
 * 1) Click the left-center section of the form
 * 2) Click the middle-center section of the form
 * 3) Click the right-center section of the form
 * 4) In the Controls section, click the Select button [[image:http://www.functionx.com/access/controls/select1.gif width="39" height="40" caption="Select"]]
 * 5) Click one of the newly added button
 * 6) Press and hold Shift
 * 7) Click each of the other two buttons on the form
 * 8) Click Shift
 * 9) On the Ribbon, click Arrange
 * 10) In the Table section, click Tabular
 * 11) To preview the form, right-click its title bar and click Form View
 * 12) Close the form
 * 13) When asked whether you want to save, click No