ACC95: Report Formatting Is Not Limited to Single Field in RTF

• Microsoft Access version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

In a report, when you set a control's FontUnderline property to Yes, or set its FontWeight property to something other than Normal, the control looks correct in Print Preview. However, when you output the report to a Rich Text Format (RTF), all text on the same line and to the right of the formatted control inherits the same FontUnderline and FontWeight settings.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 7.0. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Access 97.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

1. Open the sample database Northwind.mdb.

2. Use the AutoReport: Tabular Wizard to create a new report based on the Employees table.

3. Open the report in Design View.

4. Select the Address text box control.

5. On the View menu, click Properties.

6. Set the FontUnderline property to Yes.

7. Set the FontWeight property to Bold.

8. On the File menu, click Print Preview and notice the Address field. The text is bold and underlined.

9. On the Tools menu, point to Office Links, then click Publish It with MS Word. Microsoft Access saves the document in RTF format, then starts an instance of Microsoft Word to display the document.

10. In Microsoft Word, notice that the underline for the Address field extends slightly to the left of the text. Also notice that all fields to the right of the Address field are bold and underlined.

REFERENCES

For more information about the FontUnderline property or the FontBold property, search for "FontUnderline Property," or "FontBold Property" using the Microsoft Access for Windows 95 Help Index.