You can maximize both the Access application window and the form itself.
In the form's Open event, you could put code like this ("air code"):
'----- start of code -----
Private Sub Form_Open(Cancel As Integer)
DoCmd.Maximize
RunCommand acCmdAppMaximize
End Sub
'----- end of code -----
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Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com
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