Need help With Margins/Column Height

[jjohnsonhm]

So have an interesting issue. I have an access file that runs a report that I print out. After switching from Access 2000 to Access 2013 I notice that I am not able to change the margins. If I change the top of left margin to .16 it changes my text to .166....likewise if I change the bottom or right margin to .16 it changes it to .18 as soon as I tab to the next field.

Also added to this if I go to the columns section of page setup and change the width I see on report that the columns get closer or further apart depending on the change. However any change I make to height has 0 effect on the report. I am wondering if that is where my problem lies but I dont see how to get around it, have tried it on a couple of different computers and only thing I found online was check my print drivers.

Thanks in advance.

[ItsMe]

Have you tried going into the Printer's properties vs. the application's formatting properties (Page Setup)

[jjohnsonhm]

Still same problem it seems.

[ItsMe]

I was going to suggest to look at the global margin settings within Access. It seems you are already addressing this issue since you are able to get to .18. I believe default for Access is 0.25

You may be at the printer's physical limits or the limits imposed by the Printer's drivers. The only thing I can suggest is to go back to the Global settings in Access and see if it is at .18 and then check the reports Page Setup.

Sorry I can not offer more help. Considering it was working before it is hard to understand why not now. Perhaps you can roll back printer drivers. Maybe you are on a new OS as well as a new Access version. Something else may have changed from when things were working.

[ItsMe]

Maybe, using the computer you are designing the DB with, you can change the default printer to something else. Maybe you can switch it to a PDF printer or Print to File. Then try again with the Report's Page Setup. Just throwing ideas out there. I have had struggles with this in the past and can't remember what I may or may not have tried.

[jjohnsonhm]

It was working on Access 2000. It started happening when we upgraded to a new office suite. I will check the global print settings.

[ItsMe]

It was working on Access 2000. It started happening when we upgraded to a new office suite. I will check the global print settings.

So it sounds like you got an OS upgrade too. With that, you probably have new printer drivers.

I believe Access's global settings will affect the default margins when you create a new report. If you get things working, you might want to go back and adjust the global settings.

[jjohnsonhm]

Added information as I am still tinkering with this. Made a brand new access file in 2013, new table and sheet with random data. Same issue, I cant change margins, however I noticed that again I change the width and it instantly changes, I go to do the height and nothing changes. I tried this on a couple of different computers with different printers.