Editing Text In A Report
Oct 5, 2005
I have a report in an Access file that someone created for me. I have
NO real experience in Access, it was all done for me, and now I want
to do some editing.
What I have is a letter with "letter head" at the top (text box 1.) This text is centered.
The date (text box 2),then body of the letter follows in the main
larger text box 3. This text is left justified.
When our Principals change I need to change the first text box sometimes
this means there are more or less lines in this box. I have done this successfully, although I'm not sure if it was "correctly" I have replaced names, and made the box smaller to get it to wrap so there is the correct amount of text (Name) on a line. I'm not sure what I would do if I had a line that I don't want to wrap that is longer than the line I do want to wrap. but that is working for now.
The first thing I'm trying to do is put the date in the third larger
text box instead of a seperate box. To do this I figured I needed to
add a blank line before the first paragraph of the 3rd text box, then
enter the current date code. I tried to copy and paste the code from
its current seperate box and paste it into the third box, but then the
report only shows the code/no date and the following paragraph isn't
aligned properly since the only way I could figure to move it down was
with spaces. I tried ctrl/enter, and that just gave me some pop up
dialog box with some tools in it that I don't know what to do with.
The second thing I wanted to do is bold only part of the text in the
large/3rd text box.
Some how I ended up with some blank space between 2 paragraphs so what
I did to get the bolded text paragraph I want is add another text
box, bold it and place it on top of the existing larger text box, but
I always have to move the 2 boxes (3 if you count the date) when I
need to shift the text up or down for any adjustments I do in the
first box. Is there a way to only bold one paragraph of a larger text
box?
I have tried different things, and I have searched "help" as they like to call it, but it is NOT!
I hope this is clear.
TIA
Susan G
P.S. I have tried different things, and I have searched "help" as they like to call it, but it is NOT!
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Aug 5, 2005
how do i edit a report
i'm new to access
i'm working with this database that will output a report(letter in word document) when the user clicks on a command button
i'd like to edit the letter but i don't know where it's stored.
could someone please show me how to access the report
thanks
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Jan 31, 2006
I have a text box that I only want people to add new data to. I would like them to be able to view previously entered data but not able to edit it. I've tried to lock the data but then I can't add new data.
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May 2, 2013
I want to edit a specific textbox depending on a number which is dependent on a number of things and varies each time the form is run.For example, if the number is 0 I want to edit tb0.value. If it's 1 I want to edit tb1.value etc. I have specifically labelled my text boxes in this way.I thought something like this would work
textBoxName = "tb" & number
textBoxName.value = "this is the value I want to enter".
However, this does not work and it produces an error saying 'Invalid Qualifier'.
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I have a report that is opened from a form and is based on a query. There are three text boxes. The first two text boxes come from the query and their values are ratios computed in the query. The value for the third text box is based on the values in the other two. If the value in the first text box is greater or equal than .95 and the the value in the second text box is between .90 and .95 then the value for the third should be .03. If the value in the first text box is greater or equal than .95 and the the value in the second text box is greater than .95 then the value for the third should be .05. If the first box value is less than .95 and the second text box value is less than .90 then the third should have a value of 0. I have tried several If Then.. statements in the On Click event of the command button in the form and a Select Case in the On Format event in the Report Section but it never works. If anybody could help me with this problem it would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you in advance
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Jun 5, 2006
Hi people,
I have a report that is linked to a data entry form. Is there a way to not show certain labels and text boxes if a text box on the form has the value "N/A"?
Something like:
Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
If txtFireType = "N/A" Then
txtFireType.Visable = False
End If
End Sub
This doesn't seem to work by the way!
Really appreciate all of your help.
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Mar 15, 2005
Hi! Don't know if you remember me, but I'm back again with a weird question.
A while ago, I built a database with a report in it that served as a schedule for my hospital. Names down the side, dates across the top, with counts in the data fields. Like if So and so works on 3/16/05, there would be a '1' in the field at the intersection of that date and her name. Now, because we have so many different shifts and the directors want everything in the grid fields, I'm trying to figure out a way to put in the actual shift symbol (7A, 7P, 12, D, E, N, etc.) in the grid for them so that if they have 7 nurses on the 7A shift and 3 paramedics on the 12 shift, and one unit secretary on the D shift, they will all show on the same schedule. Here's the data from the query I am using. It's a crosstab query and I'm not quite sure how to tweak it to get it right. Thanks for any help/advice you might be able to give me.
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TRANSFORM Count([Staffing Query for Department].Title) AS CountOfTitle
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I am going to try an Iif statement and see if it helps. Thank you!
Kelly Jo
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Jun 5, 2006
Hi people,
I have a report that is linked to a data entry form. Is there a way to not show certain labels and text boxes if a text box on the form has the value "N/A"?
Something like:
Private Sub Report_Open(Cancel As Integer)
If txtFireType = "N/A" Then
txtFireType.Visable = False
End If
End Sub
This doesn't seem to work by the way!
Really appreciate all of your help.
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Mar 12, 2007
Hi,
I looked through your forums and didn't see this question answered. Forgive me if it is already there and I couldn't find it.
I have a report that I want to add a new text box to. When I create a form there is no problem choosing the different control sources of data that I want to put into the text boxes on the report. However, once I have created the report I can't seem to go back and make the data come through correctly if I am adding a new text box.
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I know there has to be an easy way to do this. All I'm doing is looking to add a new text box to an exsisting form. Any thoughts would be most welcome.
I would attach the database but I guess I don't have enough posts yet to have that option.
Thanks
Eddie.
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