In the Extended Cut, at about 7:07 you say "I gotta come up with a tool that does this automatically...."

Well maybe you can teach an old dog new tricks. (I know you can because I'm much older than you.)  
I can't remember where I learned this trick but it saves a TON of time when creating continuous forms.

1. Open a copy of ContinuousF

2. Set the Control Source in Properties

3. From the Add Existing Fields drag over the fields you want.  Arrange them vertically in the same order you want them to be from left to right.  They don't have to be aligned perfect left to right just stacked up and down.

4. Now select all the fields and click on the Arrange menu.  In the Table section, choose the "Tabular" button.

5. That will put the labels in the Form Header and leave the text boxes in the Detail section. BUT... you are in Layout mode now.

6. Deselect the group by clicking in the background of the detail.  Now click and resize each individual text box the way you want them.  Notice that all the other fields scoot away or follow the sizing (larger or smaller) still staying spaced.

7. Once you have everything pretty much the way you want it, Click and Drag in the margin to select both the labels and the fields.

8. Still on the Arrange menu, Choose the "Remove Layout".  Now you can individually move and size the fields or labels because they are not grouped any longer.
   You are back in Design Mode at this point and not in Layout Mode.

8a. For Reports you may have to select the labels and move them to the Report Header depending on the look you want AFTER removing the Layout.

Hope this helps!!  Scott (Axton) in Colorado Springs, CO