Fields that grow/shrink based on length?

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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
 
F

fredg

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

Set the height of the control to one line.
Set the CanGrow property of the control to....
would you believe...
tada...
Yes
 
C

Carrie

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
 
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