What commands are used in access to increase display of a long text field so as to enable easier data entry and reading more narrative when searching.
stretch
What commands are used in access to increase display of a long text field so as to enable easier data entry and reading more narrative when searching.
stretch
Have you tried making the textbox on the form larger (wider and longer)?increase display of a long text field
You can also use the Zoom window using Shift+F2 shortcut
A textbox must be at least two lines tall to activate vertical scrollbar.
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Thanks for the two suggestions.
I was hoping that I could have a long text field displayed as a A4 page. Making the field larger in Forms spreads the other fields out to much when designing Form Page.
Using the zoom only gives me a window of say 5cmx3cm. Can the zoom window be made larger, if so that may satisfy my situation.
What exactly do you want? Perhaps you could create a sample and then readers could offer advice/suggestions for doing so in Access.
You could even build a separate form to be displayed when user clicked on a button or control to show the long text value.
True but nobody has mentioned a vertical scrollbar.
The Zoom feature (Shift+F2) works in any size textbox as shown below
No - you can adjust the font size but not the window siz.Originally Posted by stretchCan the zoom window be made larger, if so that may satisfy my situation.
Instead you could make a customised form to mimic its effects
Last edited by isladogs; 08-20-2017 at 12:37 PM. Reason: Extra info
OP asked how to make it easier to read data input to textbox - sizing so the vertical scrollbar is available is one way, another is teaching users about the zoom box.
Correction to my earlier statement, I do get the vertical scrollbar with textbox size set for single line. However, also seems it has to be over 0.25" in height to be functional. I get performance at 0.2597" setting. Probably that's why I got the idea had to be 2 lines high.
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A textbox for text in A4 format!!!??? And expanding
It looks like a memo field can be handy for use.
OP said long text field - that is memo field.
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