Formatting

I found this very useful for a report I was creating but I have the controls touching each other in design
mode in order to get the look I want. Why should they not be touching? what may happen?
thanks, Jane

----- fredg wrote: -----

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 00:41:03 -0700, Kate wrote:

I am publishing a Member Directory report from Access with the
following code: =[Address1] & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & IIf(IsNull([Address2]),"",[Address2] & Chr(13) & Chr(10)) & [City]
& " " & [Postcode] & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & [Hometown] My question
is....How can I get "Hometown" to print in italic. Because it is
one textbox, I have no control over the individual fields. I am
sure there is a simple formatting code to use, but I can't find it
anywhere. Thank you for your help with this. Kind regards, Kate

Kate,
Using a regular Access text control, you can't if you use just one
control.
Since [Hometown] is on a line all by itself, however, simply end the
expression with [Postcode].
Depending upon how you sized the control, set the control's Can Shrink
and/or Can Grow properties to True. (I would size it just high enough
for one line. It will then 'grow' as needed.)
Then add the Hometown control under the above control.
Set it's font to Italic.

You may have to reposition the control up or down a bit to have it
spaced one line down from the first control. Do NOT have it touching
the above control.
As the first control shrinks or grows, the Hometown will print, in
italic, directly underneath it.

Alternatively, you can purchase and install a third party Rich Text
Format control, or see
http://www.lebans.com
for his free RTF control.
--
Fred
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Jane wrote:

I found this very useful for a report I was creating but I have the controls touching each other in design
mode in order to get the look I want. Why should they not be touching? what may happen?
thanks, Jane


It depends on what you mean by "touching". A
CanGrow/CanShring text box can not actually overlap another
control (by even the tinyiest amount) because the designer's
intent of whether the other control should or should not be
moved in what proportion with the new size of the text box.
However, a CanGrow/CanShring text box can have its
top/bottom at the same position as the bottom/top of another
control so it is possible to have the borders of two
controls appear to be in the same place, you just have to be
very careful that they don't overlap or they won't grow or
shrink.
--
Marsh
MVP [MS Access]

Actually, I believe that "Touching" is ok. "Overlapping" is not OK.

Access doesn't handle the Growing/Shrinking correctly when the controls overlap.

Jane wrote:

I found this very useful for a report I was creating but I have the controls touching each other in design
mode in order to get the look I want. Why should they not be touching? what may happen?
thanks, Jane

----- fredg wrote: -----

On Fri, 9 Apr 2004 00:41:03 -0700, Kate wrote:

I am publishing a Member Directory report from Access with the
following code: =[Address1] & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & IIf(IsNull([Address2]),"",[Address2] & Chr(13) & Chr(10)) & [City]
& " " & [Postcode] & Chr(13) & Chr(10) & [Hometown] My question
is....How can I get "Hometown" to print in italic. Because it is
one textbox, I have no control over the individual fields. I am
sure there is a simple formatting code to use, but I can't find it
anywhere. Thank you for your help with this. Kind regards, Kate

Kate,
Using a regular Access text control, you can't if you use just one
control.
Since [Hometown] is on a line all by itself, however, simply end the
expression with [Postcode].
Depending upon how you sized the control, set the control's Can Shrink
and/or Can Grow properties to True. (I would size it just high enough
for one line. It will then 'grow' as needed.)
Then add the Hometown control under the above control.
Set it's font to Italic.

You may have to reposition the control up or down a bit to have it
spaced one line down from the first control. Do NOT have it touching
the above control.
As the first control shrinks or grows, the Hometown will print, in
italic, directly underneath it.

Alternatively, you can purchase and install a third party Rich Text
Format control, or see
http://www.lebans.com
for his free RTF control.
--
Fred
Please only reply to this newsgroup.
I do not reply to personal email.