Wrap Text Box

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Hi all,

I have one text box in the detail section of my report that I would like to
wrap into two columns to keep more of the content on one page. I've set the
properties "Can grow / shrink" = Yes, and I've tried setting columns = 2 in
the page setup but I still can't get it to work. Is there something I'm
missing, or is this just not possible?

Thank you,

Todd
 
Be sure that the width of the textbox in design view is small enough to fit
within one column for the page; if its width spans the width of the page,
the Columns won't work the way you want.
 
Hi Ken,

Thanks, but I still can't get it to work. I realized that my text box is in
a sub report. So - in the detail section I have a sub report that contains
the text box I'm trying to wrap. Does that make a difference?

Thank you,

Todd
 
Well, the columns work in the sub report when I open it by itself, but the
columns don't work when I open the parent report containing the sub report.
Any ideas?
 
I'll have to do a bit of testing...I've never tried to do what you're
wanting to do here.
--

Ken Snell
<MS ACCESS MVP>
 
Hi Larry,

You won the wager. I was wondering about how it defined end of page as
well. I switched to "Across then down" and it worked.

Thanks to you and Ken for helping me with this.

Todd
 
Well, the columns work in the sub report
when I open it by itself, but the columns
don't work when I open the parent report
containing the sub report.
Click to expand...


I'll wager that you selected "Down Then Across" for your columns; because
there isn't a definitive end-of-page in a subform/subreport, that doesn't
work. Try it with "Across then Down". Yes, I like the other arrangement
better, too, but it just doesn't work in subform/subreport controls.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
"Todd Waldron" wrote
You won the wager. I was wondering
about how it defined end of page as
well. I switched to "Across then down"
and it worked.
Click to expand...

No "special knowledge" involved -- I have just (as the Eagles' song goes)
spent enough time "with my back to the wall" that I'd encountered it, too.
As far as I can determine, it is not a bug, but "working as designed".

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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