Access reports

[Guest]

I have check boxes in an Access report. I am exporting the report as an rft
file. When I do this, the captions for the check boxes show up, but the boxes
themselves disappear.

Is there some way to fix this problem?

Thanks

 

[Guest]

I assume you mean rtf and not rft.

An answer given by Allen Browne on the subject:

None of the graphical elements survive when you export in RTF (Word) or TXT
(text) formats, so you lose the lines, check boxes, pictures, etc.

If the recipient does not need to edit the report, you could use Snapshot
format. The snapshot viewer is a free download for them:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;175274

If they do need the report editable, you can fudge lines by using the
underscore character in a label. For a way to get text boxes to print in an
RTF, see:
http://allenbrowne.com/ser-52.html