Form Size not the same for everyone

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Roberta

End user created a form in Access; when end user's withen the department
attempt to open the form it is to large to view on the screen although the
end user who created the form see's the format without any size problem.
Any ideas?
 
R

Rick B

Are the display settings, monitors, fonts, and video cards identical on each
PC? Most users have customized these settings and will see forms
differently on their PCs.

Rick B
 
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Arvin Meyer

Right-click on the desktop and choose Properties, then choose the Settings
tab and check the screen resolution. Change everyone's resolution to the one
that works best, or use the largest (probably 640x480 or 800x600) as the
standard when designing forms.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
R

Roberta

The form was created by a user on a laptop with screen res at 1024 X768 and
the end users screen res are set to 800 x 600 and cannot go any higher. For
those users the form displays too big. Since the creator created form in
higher resoltuion does this mean recreating the form in lower res?
 
R

Rick B

Yes



Roberta said:
The form was created by a user on a laptop with screen res at 1024 X768 and
the end users screen res are set to 800 x 600 and cannot go any higher. For
those users the form displays too big. Since the creator created form in
higher resoltuion does this mean recreating the form in lower res?
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Arvin Meyer

Not necessarily,

I use a finer resolution on my screen as well (1280x1024). What you need to
do is make sure that the physical size of the form, in inches matches. You
can do that by taking an 800x600 screen and making the largest size (without
maximizing it) form that you can. Read the measurement in inches (or
centimeters) and do not exceed that on your designer's machine no matter
what resolution you use.

Another possibility, although it works better when forms need to be
increased instead of decreased, is Shrinker-Stretcher:

http://www.peterssoftware.com/ss.htm
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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