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Positioning

Follow these steps:

1. You can have noticed that the Note field extended off the right side of the dialog.

   To fix this, select the Note field. Then, with the cursor, drag the left edge of the field to the right several inches. Then right-click-and-drag the Note field back onto the dialog. If necessary, continue to resize the left size and drag the field onto the dialog until you can see the right edge of the field.

2. Using the cursor, stretch each prompt so that you can see the entire prompt.
3. To align everything left, first select the Add Scoring Record literal, and then using the Ctrl key, select the Enter… literal and each of the prompts. Use the Position feature to Align Vertically Left.
4. Now select just the prompts starting with Date Played: and, using the positioning feature, Separate them Vertically by a Distance of 5.
5. Now select the longest prompt, which is Adjusted Gross Score:. Then, with the Ctrl key held down, select its field. Using the Position feature, make them of Equal Height, Align them Horizontally Middle, and Separate them Horizontally by a Distance of 5.
6. Finally, select just the Adjusted Gross Score field, then with the Ctrl key held down, select each of the other fields. Then use the Position feature to make them of Equal Height, Align them Vertically Left, and Separate them Vertically by a Distance of 5.
7. Now use the cursor to rubber band every object on the dialog design (except for the adbanner) and use the Position feature to Move the entire group Horizontally Center.
8. Add the literal (MMDDYY) to the right of the Date Played field.
9. Add the literal (HHMM) to the right of the Time Played field.
10. Add the literal Review your information before continuing. Thank you!. Use the default font size but make it bold.
11. Add the add push button and allow the Toolset to make up a click event for it. Make it the Default Push Button.
12. Add the cancel push button and have it execute the special action to Cancel – Close without Execution.
13. Resize the push buttons and Align them Horizontally Center, Separated Horizontally by a Distance of 20, and Move Horizontally Center.
14. Disable the add push button if any of the fields (except Note) does not have data.
15. Save your model.