Fields that grow/shrink based on length?

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Hello,

I am trying to do some formatting (think glossary) on some info that came
pre-formatted to me. I decided Access might help better than Excel. I have
two fields: Word and Definition. Most defs are one liners but a few are
about 3 lines. I want to find a way to save trees and not print so much
"white space" where I print the word : definition. Is there a way to format
the definition box so that it will only use as much room it needs to display
the entire definition without having to go with a maximum width for this box?


Much thanks!
Carrie
 
Hello,

I am trying to do some formatting (think glossary) on some info that came
pre-formatted to me. I decided Access might help better than Excel. I have
two fields: Word and Definition. Most defs are one liners but a few are
about 3 lines. I want to find a way to save trees and not print so much
"white space" where I print the word : definition. Is there a way to format
the definition box so that it will only use as much room it needs to display
the entire definition without having to go with a maximum width for this box?


Much thanks!
Carrie
Click to expand...

Set the height of the control to one line.
Set the CanGrow property of the control to....
would you believe...
tada...
Yes
 
Thank you... I was unaware of these features.

fredg said:
Set the height of the control to one line.
Set the CanGrow property of the control to....
would you believe...
tada...
Yes
Click to expand...
 
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