"#Deleted" Appearing in Memo field of Printed Report

In Access2003 I am running a report that contains 2 memo fields. I do a Print
Preview and everything looks fine. When I print it the only thing that
appears on the report in both memo fields is "#Deleted" There is only a
couple of words in the memo field so it's not near full.

Help!

The symptoms suggest that there is some kind of corruption in the database.

It is unusal that #Deleted occurs only in the print run, and not in the
Preview. Are you sure there is no code in the report or its source query
that could be deleting data or incorrectly manipulating data?

On the assumption that it is a corruption, try these steps:

1. Uncheck the boxes under:
Tools | Options | General | Name AutoCorrect
Explanation of why:
http://allenbrowne.com/bug-03.html

2. Compact the database to get rid of this junk:
Tools | Database Utilities | Compact

3. Close Access. Make a backup copy of the file. Decompile the database by
entering something like this at the command prompt while Access is not
running. It is all one line, and include the quotes:
"c:\Program Files\Microsoft office\office\msaccess.exe" /decompile
"c:\MyPath\MyDatabase.mdb"

4. Open Access, and compact again.

5. Open a code window.
Choose References from the Tools menu.
Uncheck any references you do not need.
For a list of the ones you typically need in your version of Access, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-38.html

6. Still in the code window, choose Compile from the Debug menu.
Fix any errors, and repeat until it compiles okay.

At this point, you should have a database where the name-autocorrect errors
are gone, the indexes are repaired, inconsistencies between the text- and
compiled-versions of the code are fixed, and reference ambiguities are
resolved.

If it is still a problem, the next step would be to get Access to rebuild
the database for you. Follow the steps for the first symptom in this
article:
Recovering from Corruption
at:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-47.html

--
Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia.
Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html
Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org.

"Gibson" wrote in message
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In Access2003 I am running a report that contains 2 memo fields. I do a
Print
Preview and everything looks fine. When I print it the only thing that
appears on the report in both memo fields is "#Deleted" There is only a
couple of words in the memo field so it's not near full.

Help!