Annoying - how to print table design

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Ture Magnusson

Hi all!

I'm using Access XP.

When viewing a table's design, there is no simple way to print it.
And if (in design mode) I select all fields and copy, I can't paste
it into Word, because the clipboard format isn't compatible or
something like that.

So.. how do I make a quick draft printout of a table's design?

Ture Magnusson
Karlstad, Sweden
 
Don't have XP, but in 2000 you can go to
Tools>Analyze>Documenter. Look at the options tab and
select only the info you want.

Rgds,
glenn
 
I suggest Glen's suggestion, but you can also use most any of the screen
print utilities available. Some let you select the part of the screen you
want to print. Of course if you have more than one screen full you will
need to print twice. (Parson's Screen Shoot and PrintKey are two.

Free Trial version here

http://www.warecentral.com/
 
Bro...try this, open the table's design...press "print
screen" on your keyboard, open a blank powerpoint file and
then click paste. You can use the toolbar to adjust the
image before printing.
 
No need to buy anything. Simply use the Alt+PrtScn keys to copy the table
design, then paste it into paint.

I use the SnagIt screen capture utility (more expensive than PrintKey, but
many more features) together with Irfanview (freeware) to do most of the
screen shots and graphics for websites, helpfiles, and articles I write.

SnagIt: http://www.techsmith.com
Irfanview: http://www.irfanview.com

--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
Thanks all!

I had already tried PrintScreen + paste into Word
AND I also did Tools - Analyze - Documenter.

I just thought that I might be missing something obvious,
because it seems a bit too much hazzle for just printing
a simple table design. But, by reading your replies, it
seems as if I was on the right track.

Arvin - I have SnagIt also. I use it extensively since a
month or so back... It's a very nice little tool!

/Ture
 
But you have to print the whole screen that way. The accessory
programs make it a lot easier.
 
Ture Magnusson said:
Hi all!

I'm using Access XP.

When viewing a table's design, there is no simple way to print it.
And if (in design mode) I select all fields and copy, I can't paste
it into Word, because the clipboard format isn't compatible or
something like that.

So.. how do I make a quick draft printout of a table's design?

Ture Magnusson
Karlstad, Sweden
Click to expand...

http://www.fmsinc.com/products/analyzer/index.html
 
Joseph Meehan said:
But you have to print the whole screen that way. The accessory
programs make it a lot easier.
Click to expand...

Which is why I use SnagIt.

You do not have to print the entire screen. You can capture the entire
screen, then paste it into something like MS-Paint. Then select just the
section you want and paste into a new image. Save and print that. If you're
only doing 20 or 30 tables, that works fine.

If you just want the data out of the table design, you can do a lot better
with some code like I use to extract it, create a table of it, and build a
report.

http://www.datastrat.com/Download/FieldDescription2K.zip
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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