LayoutForPrint Property

Applies To

Form, Report.

Description

You can use the LayoutForPrint property to specify whether the form or report uses printer or screen fonts.

Setting

The LayoutForPrint property uses the following settings.

Setting	Description	Visual Basic

Yes	(Default for reports) Uses printer fonts.	True (–1)
No	(Default for forms) Uses screen fonts.	False (0)

You can set this property by using the form's or report's property sheet, a macro, or Visual Basic.

The property can be set only in form Design view or report Design view.

Remarks

When you choose a font in Microsoft Access, you are choosing either a screen font or a printer font, depending on the setting of the LayoutForPrint property. Remember that printer fonts and screen fonts can differ, and characters on screen may not look exactly like those displayed on the printed page.

Tip If you select a scalable font, such as a TrueType font, the screen and printer characters will look nearly the same.

Screen fonts are the images of letters, numbers, and symbols that are installed on your system to be displayed on the screen. If you installed a printer, additional screen fonts may have been installed automatically.

Printer fonts are the letters, numbers, and symbols that are produced when you print a report or a form. The available fonts are those fonts that were installed as part of your printer's setup, and depend on your printer.

If you set the LayoutForPrint property to Yes, the Formatting (Form/Report) toolbar displays the fonts and point sizes available for your printer.

If you design a form or report on a system with a different printer than the one you will use to print, Microsoft Access displays a message when you print the form or report to let you know that it was designed for another kind of printer. If you print the form or report anyway, your printer may substitute different fonts. Similarly, Microsoft Access may substitute fonts if you change the LayoutForPrint property setting. For example, you might design a form or report with LayoutForPrint set to No, then change the setting to Yes. You can reselect the font for each control to specify the appearance of the form or report.