Wrap Text Box

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Todd Waldron

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
 
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Ken Snell [MVP]

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.
 
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Todd Waldron

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
 
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Todd Waldron

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?
 
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Ken Snell [MVP]

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>
 
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Todd Waldron

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
 
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Larry Linson

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
 
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Larry Linson

"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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