Label Control (Access)

Applies to: Access 2013 | Access 2016

Labels on a form or report display descriptive text such as titles, captions, or brief instructions. Labels have certain characteristics:

• Labels don't display values from fields or expressions.

• Labels are always unbound.

• Labels don't change as you move from record to record.

Remarks

A label can be attached to another control. When you create a text box, for example, it has an attached label that displays a caption for that text box. This label appears as a column heading in the Datasheet view of a form.

When you create a label by using the Label tool, the label stands on its own — it isn't attached to any other control. You use stand-alone labels for information such as the title of a form or report, or for other descriptive text. Stand-alone labels don't appear in Datasheet view.

See also

• Access for developers forum
• Access help on support.office.com
• Access help on answers.microsoft.com
• Search for specific Access error codes on Bing
• Access forums on UtterAccess
• Access wiki on UtterAccess
• Access developer and VBA programming help center (FMS)
• Access posts on StackOverflow

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