Left Justified with small indent

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Christopher Glaeser

I want to left justify the data in a report that has boxes around each
field, but the first letter of each field is too close to the left side of
the box. What is a simple way to left justify all the fields with a small
indent (e.g. one blank space).

Best,
Christopher
 
I want to left justify the data in a report that has boxes around each
field, but the first letter of each field is too close to the left side of
the box. What is a simple way to left justify all the fields with a small
indent (e.g. one blank space).

Best,
Christopher
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Easiest way is to simply set the left margin property on the control.
It's on the Control's property sheet's Format tab. Set it to whatever
value you wish.

Otherwise use unbound controls,
Set the control source to:
=" " & [Fieldname]

Why not just make the box bigger on the left, or the text control
smaller and move it to the right a bit?
 
Easiest way is to simply set the left margin property on the control.
It's on the Control's property sheet's Format tab. Set it to whatever
value you wish.
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Thanks! Found it under "Left Margin".
Why not just make the box bigger on the left, or the text control
smaller and move it to the right a bit?
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For clarification, I should have used the description "text border" when set
to solid. In other words, I did not add a rectangle box object around the
text.

Thanks again.

Best,
Christopher
 
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