Selecting Form Properties

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I don't know why I have such a hard time selecting the subform properties in
design view, but I can't seem to hit the exact location to open them. There
has to be an easier way. Right now, I am clicking somewhere on the subform
and then flailing around until I find where to open the subform in its own
window and then try and press Ctrl-R to select the form, but still can't seem
to open the properties of the subform. Help.
 
It is best to open a subform in it's own window for editing. If you open the
subform in design mode on it's own, it will behave just like any other form.
 
The first time you click in the rectangle, you select the Subform*Control*
(think of the SubformControl as the empty rectangle), _not_ the Form you use
as the Subform (more technically accurate, the Form that you use as the
SourceObject of the SubformControl).

After the above, you can click on the black square near the top-left of the
of the SourceObject to select it, i.e. the Form being used as the "Subform".
 
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