Make the form smaller in design view. That will be as small as it can get. Then go to the normal view, shrink it down to that size and push Ctrl+S to save the form. Now when you open that form again, assuming you are windowed mode, it should be that small size.

Yeah. Even if you resize the form in design view, if you maximise the window to be larger than the form, access has to fill that space with something.

You could set as a pop up, resize the window to what you want, hit CTRL+S, then go back in to design view and set "Allow Resize" to No.

This is the main reason why i always line my buttons and commands on the top and left side of the form. You can also use Form Footer to ensure that whatever goes in there is be at the bottom of the screen, regardless of form size

Thank you Mr Schwanz and Mr. Jackson.