Inserting a Text box into an already existing report

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I am trying to use the 'canned' Orders Access db that
came with my computer and am trying to modify the Invoice
Report by inserting a text box into the Design View of
the Order Header portion of the report/form. I have
several lines of text totalling about 650 characters. I
am getting error messages that my text box is too big or
contains invalid characters. I really only want to use
this text sometimes and would like to have another text
box to alternate with. I AM NOT A PROGRAMMER, just a
small business owner. Can someone help me? THANKS
 
We would really need to see details of the Error message, preferably both
Error Number and Error Description, and some detail on what you have if we
are to have even a remote chance at debugging the problem.

But, as a stab in the dark, setting the CanGrow property of the TextBox to
Yes, and the CanGrow property of the Report Section in which it resides to
Yes may alleviate one of them.

But, it will not cure any problem that is actually due to invalid text
characters. In what type of field is the text stored? A text field is
limited to 255, so I'd have to assume that it is stored in multiple text
fields, or in a memo field which can contain much more character data.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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