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Setting Report Column Width
Basic, but I don't find it: how to set column width in an Access
report. I have double-clicked on columns in the base table to make them narrowest and have tried using Design View. Pulling lines in Design View cuts off heading names but doesn't narrow basic column width. Also can't see the actual entries to set a width against the entries. Autoformat (even "customize") gives limited option. I've also had the box checked when using the wizard to have text on one page. Seems like this should be simple like narrowing Access and Excel column tables. Ken |
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Setting Report Column Width
You select controls and then either drag them around or grab the "handles"
to resize them. -- Duane Hookom MS Access MVP "Ken" wrote in message m... Basic, but I don't find it: how to set column width in an Access report. I have double-clicked on columns in the base table to make them narrowest and have tried using Design View. Pulling lines in Design View cuts off heading names but doesn't narrow basic column width. Also can't see the actual entries to set a width against the entries. Autoformat (even "customize") gives limited option. I've also had the box checked when using the wizard to have text on one page. Seems like this should be simple like narrowing Access and Excel column tables. Ken |
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Setting Report Column Width
Still not there. Could you describe steps precisely, starting with
e.g. go to Design View (if that's where I start)? I've read Help on "Controls" and end up at the toolbox with lots of choices, none of which seems right. When I simply grab handles on items in Design View, that just cuts off the headings without changing width between columns. And, I don't see the row entries to adjust width even if I knew how. Ken ***** "Duane Hookom" wrote in message ... You select controls and then either drag them around or grab the "handles" to resize them. -- Duane Hookom MS Access MVP "Ken" wrote in message m... Basic, but I don't find it: how to set column width in an Access report. I have double-clicked on columns in the base table to make them narrowest and have tried using Design View. Pulling lines in Design View cuts off heading names but doesn't narrow basic column width. Also can't see the actual entries to set a width against the entries. Autoformat (even "customize") gives limited option. I've also had the box checked when using the wizard to have text on one page. Seems like this should be simple like narrowing Access and Excel column tables. Ken |
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Setting Report Column Width
First you suggest that you have trouble "go to Design View" and then later
you suggest you are in design view. Open Help and type in "how do I resize controls". -- Duane Hookom MS Access MVP "Ken" wrote in message om... Still not there. Could you describe steps precisely, starting with e.g. go to Design View (if that's where I start)? I've read Help on "Controls" and end up at the toolbox with lots of choices, none of which seems right. When I simply grab handles on items in Design View, that just cuts off the headings without changing width between columns. And, I don't see the row entries to adjust width even if I knew how. Ken ***** "Duane Hookom" wrote in message ... You select controls and then either drag them around or grab the "handles" to resize them. -- Duane Hookom MS Access MVP "Ken" wrote in message m... Basic, but I don't find it: how to set column width in an Access report. I have double-clicked on columns in the base table to make them narrowest and have tried using Design View. Pulling lines in Design View cuts off heading names but doesn't narrow basic column width. Also can't see the actual entries to set a width against the entries. Autoformat (even "customize") gives limited option. I've also had the box checked when using the wizard to have text on one page. Seems like this should be simple like narrowing Access and Excel column tables. Ken |
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