Rounded corners are starting to appear on text boxes in Microsoft Access Beta. In a November 6 report, Access specialist Colin Riddington documents the new CornerRadius property rolling out from version 2611, build 20625.20032, released November 2. The initial rollout covers text boxes.

You can set the value in the control's property sheet or through VBA. Zero keeps square corners, and rounding applies only when Special Effect is set to Flat. The curves extend outside the existing control boundaries, so larger values may require more space between controls. Older Access versions ignore the property and display square corners.

This is a gradual Beta rollout, so availability can vary and it belongs in a test setup rather than a production database. See Riddington's CornerRadius article for examples and current limitations.