Conditional Format

[Rick Walton]

When printing merged data, how can the format of a textbox, in particular the
color, be altered based on the content of another data element?

 

[Brian Kvalheim [MSFT MVP]]

Hi Rick Walton (Rick (e-mail address removed)),
in the newsgroups
you posted:

|| When printing merged data, how can the format of a textbox, in
|| particular the color, be altered based on the content of another
|| data element?

Not using the existing implementation, no. If there is a way of doing it by
using the programming ability in the VBA, it may be possible.
--
Brian Kvalheim
Microsoft Publisher MVP
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[Rick Walton]

Thank you for your reply. I've accomplished the task in an Access report,
but had to download a rotate text tool to get what I needed. The text box
format abilities in Publisher would be far more advantageous, but the types
of properties and events I'm used to seeing don't seem to be present. Am I
just missing something regarding using VBA in Publisher?

 

[Ed Bennett]

While waiting for decisions from his 6 university choices, Ed sees a

Thank you for your reply. I've accomplished the task in an Access
report, but had to download a rotate text tool to get what I needed.
The text box format abilities in Publisher would be far more
advantageous, but the types of properties and events I'm used to
seeing don't seem to be present. Am I just missing something
regarding using VBA in Publisher?

Publisher's VBA OM is rather different to Access's - it is far younger, for
a start.

If you want to discuss it in more detail, head on over to the .programming
group