Formatting a Memo Field on a Form

[Amy]

I need to use common formatting options (bullets, etc.
like in Word), in a memo field on data entry form. Then,
use the same formatting of that data on a corresponding
report. Is there a way to actually use word on a form AND
report? Thanks.

 

[Xavier]

Amy

I have been trying to do something similar for a
procedures and methods DB for our Tox lab, and posted
various mesages with no reply on how to do it except by
linking which opens a session of word or IE depending on
which I choose (IE prefered users cant edit).

good luck let me know if you get an answer.

Xavier

 

[John Vinson]

You cannot, at least not with native Access tools. Forms and Reports
support only ASCII text; you can change the font, say, of a textbox
but it changes for the entire contents.

What you *can* do is purchase or obtain a "Rich Text Format" Control
and incorporate it onto your Form. The text in the table will then be
RTF (and thereby confusing and hard to read if viewed in anything
other than the RTF control) and will display with formatting on the
form.

I believe that FMS Inc has one (http://www.fmsinc.com) and I know that
there's one in the Microsoft Visual Studio package.

 

[John Vinson]

Scrap Irony department: after posting my previous answer, the very
next message I read is from the estimable Stephen Lebans who has... a
richtext control!

http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm